Spectral analysis suggests asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are part of Polana family
SwRI scientists reviewed spectral data of sample material taken from near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu (pictured above) and…
Parker Solar Probe confirms decades-old theoretical models about magnetic reconnection
An SwRI-led study of the sun confirms decades-old theoretical models about solar magnetic reconnection. Measurements from NASA’s Solar…
Rapid-response protocol promises to reveal supernovae only hours after they explode
Artistic elaboration based on images from the original paper. Credit: Galbany et al., JCAP, 2025. Supernovae appear to…
Engineers create new class of quantum sensors to detect faint molecular vibrations
Principle of quantum vibropolaritonic sensing. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ady7670 A team of Johns Hopkins engineers has…
Why did Cosmic Noon galaxies emit so many cosmic rays?
The background image is the COSMOS field observed with the South African MeerKAT radio array. An artistic illustration…
X-ray flashes reveal how electron-hole pairs tug at atoms inside quantum dots
Johan Bielecki at the “Single Particles Biomolecules and Clusters/Serial Femtosecond Crystallography” (SPB/SFX) instrument of European XFEL, where the…
Early galaxies—or something else? Webb uncovers 300 unusually bright objects
Graphic showing the mysterious objects in the universe that the University of Missouri researchers identified.in their study. Credit:…
Predicting the topological properties of quantum spin liquids using Rydberg atom lattices
The Kagome lattice used in the experiment. The red circle represents the blockade radius Rb = 2.4a set during the…
Using Grover’s algorithm to efficiently prepare collective quantum states in optical cavities
Grover’s algorithm, a quantum algorithm for search, can be used to prepare entangled states of many qubits efficiently.…
Sweden’s most powerful laser delivers record-short light pulses
The laser system is 11 meters long and generates extremely short laser pulses. Credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umea University…