For the first time, astronomers observed the first moments of a supernova shock wave
Many cosmic events occur in space and sometimes surprise astronomers. This is the case of these scientists who…
Within Just 1 Second After The Big Bang, Black Holes May Have Come Into Being
Physicists agree that an awful lot went on in the first few seconds after the Big Bang, a…
Magnetic Fields Could Explain ‘Impossible’ Black Hole Merger : ScienceAlert
In 2023, gravitational wave detectors picked up the signature of a collision 7 billion light-years away. Two black…
Black hole mergers could give rise to observable gravitational-wave tails
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Black holes, regions of spacetime in which gravity is so strong that nothing can…
Tabletop particle accelerator could transform medicine and materials science
A particle accelerator that produces intense X-rays could be squeezed into a device that fits on a table,…
The Universe is Decelerating and Standard Candles Aren’t So Standard According to a New Study
You come for the king, you best not miss. In cosmology, the King is the standard model, also…
A potential quantum leap — Harvard Gazette
The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers — supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than conventional…
Google’s DeepMind Cracks a Century-Old Physics Mystery With AI
For over a century, mathematicians and physicists have wrestled with the chaotic nature of fluid movement — how…
Ultrafast electron diffraction captures atomic layers twisting in response to light
Experimental scheme and representative diffraction images. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09707-3 A pulse of light sets the tempo…
Diverse particles form identical geometric patterns when confined, model reveals
The researchers performed experiments with floating magnets, ball bearings, and soap bubbles. Credit: P. D. S. de Lima…