A Cosmic Survey Reveals the Universe’s Hidden Side
A team of scientists at the University of Virginia is using data from an instrument in Arizona to…
Prototype ‘Camera’ Offers a New Way to Visualize Elusive Ghost Particles
Central to many unsolved mysteries in physics are tiny, weakly interacting particles that require heavy-lift detection methods. This…
Astronomers Capture Rare Quasar Pair Colliding Just 1 Billion Years After Big Bang
A rare and powerful discovery has revealed two quasars merging in the early universe, offering a direct glimpse…
Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet
Ice comes in more forms than what you’ll find in a freezer or a glacier. Since 1900, scientists…
Scientists build magnet that erases its own magnetic field
Magnets are powerful, but they’re also noisy. Not in the way speakers are, but in the way they…
The particles in the early Universe painted a different picture
Today’s Standard Model describes our Universe’s particles and forces. Although there are many similarities and differences within the…
The missing piece in quantum computing
In today’s Finshots, we talk about Cisco’s breakthrough that might change quantum computing completely. But here’s a quick…
What happens when a star gets too close to a black hole?
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. New simulations…
The elusive ‘big G’: why we still cannot measure gravity
The latest effort to measure the strength of gravity has ended much as it began: with the force…
Black hole GW190521 may be a wormhole from another universe
For just one-tenth of a second in May 2019, the universe delivered a signal that did not fit…
“Like Liquid Metal”: Scientists Create Strange Shape-Shifting Material
A close look at a free-standing arch made of crown-leg staples. Credit: CU Boulder A simple bundle of…
Physicist Proposes Dark Matter Is Made of Black Holes That Survived Dead Universes
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Here’s…