Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback
The force we experience most intimately remains the most mysterious. Physicists understand how vast migrations of particles called…
Physicists reveal a new quantum state where electrons run wild
Electricity keeps modern life running, from cars and phones to computers and nearly every device we rely on.…
JWST Unveils Ghostly Flare at the Heart of the Milky Way’s Black Hole
Astronomers have recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery about the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, using the…
The decline and fall of stars in the Universe
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Switchable and tuneable high-performance acoustic modes in the L-X band using ferroelectric thin film on sapphire
Dielectric characterization The dielectric property of the Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin film is first characterized at an off-resonance frequency (10–500 MHz)…
The simulated Milky Way: 100 billion stars using 7 million CPU cores
image:Â Head-on (left) and side-view (right) snapshots of a galactic disk of gas. These snapshots of gas distribution…
DESI’s Dizzying Results – Universe Today
In March of 2024 the DESI collaboration dropped a bombshell on the cosmological community: slim but significant evidence…
Microquasars emerge as the Milky Way’s most extreme particle engines
Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have finally clarified…
Astronomers Detect the Early Shape of a Star Exploding for the First Time
Conventional wisdom has it that stars keep their spherical shape because of the careful balance between gravitational pressure…
Remember That Paper Claiming The Universe Is Decelerating? Here’s What A Nobel Laureate Has To Say About It
This is Part 4 of a series on a recent study claiming the Universe is decelerating. You can…
How Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Grow Living Things
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Sip a glass of wine, and you will…
The Costs of Quantum Timekeeping
November 14, 2025• Physics 18, 182 Experiments reveal the surprisingly large amount of entropy—and thus heat—generated by a…