Galactic superwinds may help galaxies leak ionizing radiation, Haro 11 study finds
Two prominent X-ray sources X1 and X2 in Haro 11 associated with star-forming regions Knots B and C.…
Light that spirals like a nautilus shell
The optical rotatum’s logarithmic spiral follows a pattern found often in nature, including nautilus shells. Credit: Capasso Lab…
Scientists find evidence of universal conformal invariance in diverse cellular movement
High-resolution measurements of the coherent flows from cell collectives. Credit: Benjamin H. Andersen et al/Nature Physics. In a…
Researchers discover a new type of quantum entanglement
Conversion occurring in a nanometric system of two photons into an entangled state in their total angular momentum.…
‘Internet of nature’ helps researchers explore the web of life
Integrating food webs and information networks. Credit: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02670-2 A novel paper led…
Hubble captures a star’s swan song in planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll…
Andromeda’s asymmetrical companions challenge cosmology
Credit: Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam The Andromeda galaxy is surrounded by a constellation of dwarf galaxies that…
Scientists achieve perfect wave trapping with simple cylinders
(a) Schematic of the experimental setup featuring a cylindrical granular particles—small solid rods made of quartz (b) Displacement…
Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted…
Hubble studies a nearby galaxy’s star formation
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D.…