New measurements for M87’s supermassive black hole: Spin and accretion rate
M87*. Credit: Event Horizon Telescope The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an…
Europe’s plan for faster space travel
Alumni nuclear thermal propulsion system schematic. Credit: ESA Getting to Mars takes a really long time, about nine…
Two different time scales could increase quantum clock accuracy exponentially
Artist’s impression of a quantum clock. Credit: Alexander Rommel & TU Wien How can the strange properties of…
Record-breaking cosmic structure discovered in colossal galaxy cluster
This new composite image made with X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue and purple), radio data from…
Antibiotic ciprofloxacin shows promise as template for new blood pressure drugs with fewer side effects
3D structural representation of ACE with ciprofloxacin bound (gray and blue) at allosteric site, away from the zinc-containing…
A ‘teenage’ white dwarf pulsar may be the missing link among magnetic stars
Left: ZTF light curve of Gaia22ayj in r and g bands folded on the 9.36 minutes period. Right:…
Gene pairs that confer resistance to wheat diseases pave way for breeding better varieties
The cloning of powdery mildew resistance gene Pm26 and stripe rust resistance gene YrTD121 from wild emmer wheat…
Relativistic jet detected in active galaxy Markarian 110
VLBA 6.2 GHz images of Mrk 110 from Dec 31, 2021 (color scale) and Feb 2, 2024 (contours).…
Searching for axions by analyzing X-ray observations of entire galaxies
A sketch showing how axions produced in M82 stars can propagate and finally decay to photons to be…
How an atomic nucleus can have two different shapes with only slightly different energy levels
Using the Summing Nal Detector, a team of experimental and theoretical scientists at FRIB took another step in…