Extreme X-rays from a magnetar exposes that empty space may not be empty
A highly magnetized neutron star produced unusually polarized X-rays, offering some of the strongest evidence yet that empty…
Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space
Something has been lurking in empty space, and for the first time, physicists may have caught it leaving…
Physicists achieve breakthrough in creating high-intensity laser light
An international team has demonstrated a new method for producing the most intense light ever generated in a…
For the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty space
The universe looks like it is mostly empty space. Remove the stars, planets, dust, and gas, and what…
Quantum vacuum exposed as collider turns virtual particles into matter
US physicists have shed light on a long-standing mystery after they captured rare experimental evidence that links the…