An Astrophysicist Wants To Send A Probe Straight Into A Black Hole
Black holes are among the most enigmatic and mysterious objects in the Universe, and our understanding of them…
A 36 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole Detected Thanks To Gravitational Lensing
In 1964, astronomers discovered the first black hole. It’s called Cygnus X-1 and the evidence for its existence…
The weird physics trick that makes cats land on their feet and helped NASA
Every cat lover knows the uncanny ability of our furry companions to land on their feet – a…
Scientists Directly Measure ‘Impossible’ Zero-Point Motion That Cannot be Explained Classically
Scientists at Goethe University, Frankfurt, have directly measured the zero-point motion of atoms within molecules prepared in their…
Cat Video Made with Atoms
August 8, 2025• Physics 18, 148 To demonstrate a new system for rapidly rearranging thousands of atoms, researchers…
Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible
The largest black hole ever detected is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. It exists near…
3D image reveals atomic dance moments before molecule explosion
Atoms never stay still. Even in their lowest energy state, they vibrate due to quantum effects. Now, for…
‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party
Those Who Don’t Know The evening before Fuchs and I had lunch, he had given the first official…
13‑billion‑light‑year shadow captured — It’s drifting across the entire universe
Just when humanity feels like it has uncovered a series of cosmological mysteries, the occurrence of something so…
Scientists may finally know why the first stars in the universe left no trace
The first stars in the universe may have been much smaller than we thought, new research hints —…