Little Red Dots frequently reveal clumpy morphologies, some of which bear hallmarks of active black holes
A Little Red Dot in the early Universe, spectroscopically confirmed at z = 6.759 (when the Universe was…
Dark matter detector succeeds in performing measurements with nearly no radioactive interference
The distillation plant ‘made in Münster’ for the dark matter experiment ‘XENONnT’ at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory…
Data from dark-energy observatories indicate universe may ‘end in a big crunch’ at 33 billion years old
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates…
Potential smoking gun signature of supermassive dark stars found in JWST data
This image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope highlights the region of study by the JWST Advanced…
Metal bends the rules by combining electrical conductivity with optical frequency-doubling properties
Mg₃Cl₇, synthesized in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell under high pressure and temperature, was identified as a polar…
Physicists solve mystery of loop current switching in kagome metals
Permanent nanoscale loop electrical currents in kagome metals. Credit: Kano Okada, Nagoya University Quantum metals are metals where…
Lightning strikes 12 times per minute on fusion engineering test platform
Century is Zap Energy’s fusion engineering test platform. Credit: Zap Energy Zap Energy has advanced its Century fusion…
How the Red Sea went completely dry before being flooded by the Indian Ocean over 6 million years ago
Thin sections of the limestone and anhydrite layers from well A. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI:…
Nanoscale slots enable room-temperature hybrid states of matter in perovskite
The perovskite–nanoslot hybrid system in the ultrastrong coupling regime. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63810-7 Atoms in crystalline…
Microlightning might provide long-sought explanation for will-o’-the-wisps
Microlightning between bubbles containing air and methane. Credit: Yu Xia For centuries, people have described strange blue balls…