Scientists discover how stellar-mass black holes emit powerful plasma jets
The inner edge of the gas disk rapidly shrinks towards the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) near the…
Supermassive black holes could strip stars down to their helium cores
How a stripped star might be detectable by the LISA observatory. Credit: Olejak, et al We all know…
The search for biosignatures in Enceladus’ plumes
Artist’s illustration of Enceladus’s plumes. Credit: NASA What kind of mission would be best suited to sample the…
Our understanding of the physical properties of galaxies could be wrong
Image of the Milky Way at night. Up until recently, astronomy was reliant entirely on electromagnetic waves. While…
Advanced visual localization and topographic mapping enhance Zhurong rover’s Mars exploration
The traverse of Zhurong rover generated from visual localization. Credit: AIR A collaborative research team has improved visual…
Methane detected in the atmosphere of the nearest T dwarf
Images of the position of WISE1810 on 21 July 2024 from GTC/EMIR in the J, H and Ks…
A new dissipation-based method to probe quantum correlations
Illustration of the dissipative processes in the strongly-correlated quantum many-body system. Credit: Zhao et al. Quantum systems are…
Ancient fossil sheds big light on evolution enigma, solving a 100-year arthropod mystery
Artistic reconstruction of the Burgess Shale concilitergan Helmetia expansa. Credit: Marianne Collins For over a century, the Cambrian…
Physicists uncover a metallic altermagnet with d-wave spin splitting at room temperature
a) Crystal structure and magnetic structure of KV2Se2O. b) Top view of the V2O plane, where opposite-spin V…
Air pockets found in bones of Alvarezsauridae skeleton for the first time
Live reconstruction of a Bonapartenykus specimen by Abel G. Montes. Credit: Meso et al, PLOS ONE (2025). DOI:…