Observations shed light on fragmentation code and growth mystery of high-mass star formation
Comparison of ATOMS 3 mm and QUARKS 1.3 mm continuum images for two protocluster clumps. Credit: The Astrophysical…
Single-shot laser technique captures plasma evolution at 100 billion frames per second
A schematic of the SAPPHIRE diagnostic. The top half of a chirped laser beam passes through plasma, while…
Tying theory to practice when searching for dark energy
Scale of dark energy effecting surrounding stars. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab / Michael…
Single device amplifies signals while shielding qubits from unwanted noise
Optical micrograph of the traveling-wave parametric amplifier and converter chip. The periodic square structures along the central transmission…
New radio halo discovered with MeerKAT
Chandra X-ray image of SPT-CLJ2337−5942 in the 0.5 – 2.0 keV band, smoothed to 12 arcsec. The Gaussian…
JWST observations discover a small star-forming complex
Overview of the JWST/NIRSpec Microshutter Array (MSA) pointing on LAP2. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.07073 Using the James…
If quantum computing is answering unknowable questions, how do we know they’re right?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Quantum computing promises to solve the seemingly unsolvable in fields such as physics, medicine,…
Ultrafast infrared light pulses trigger rapid ‘breathing’ in thin film
THz-light induced strain and crystalline ordering. Credit: Jakob Gollwitzer et al Cornell Engineering researchers have demonstrated that, by…
New neutrino detector in China is coming online
The JUNO Sphere. Credit: JUNO Collaboration Neutrinos are one of the most enigmatic particles in the standard model.…
New layered material successfully confines terahertz light to the nanoscale
A tunable FEL generates narrowband terahertz radiation, which is focused onto the s-SNOM tip and is backscattered into…