Quantum mechanics works, but it doesn’t describe reality
Physicists like Sean Carroll argue not only that quantum mechanics is not only a valuable way of interpreting…
A 2-Million-Solar-Mass Black Hole Just Gave Up Its Deepest Secret
The feat was made possible by XRISM’s high-resolution “Resolve” instrument, working in tandem with ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s…
New hybrid state of matter is a mix of solid and liquid – Physics World
New hybrid state of matter is a mix of solid and liquid – Physics World Skip to main…
After a Year of Quantum Awareness, 2026 Becomes the Year of Quantum Security
Insider Brief 2025 marked quantum technology’s transition from a specialized research domain into a mainstream strategic concern, prompting…
Brookhaven Lab staff reductions amid heavy ion collider transition
As Brookhaven National Laboratory prepares to end operations of its Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at month’s end while…
Rogue Planets And The “Einstein Desert” Mystery: The Unexplained Gap Between Low And High Mass Objects
The first confirmed discovery of an exoplanet was announced in 1992, when astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail…
Aharonov–Bohm interference in even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states
Feldman, D. E. & Halperin, B. I. Fractional charge and fractional statistics in the quantum Hall effects. Rep.…
ipRGC properties prevent light from shifting the SCN clock during daytime
Hattar, S., Liao, H. W., Takao, M., Berson, D. M. & Yau, K. W. Melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells:…
Cosmic dust: “too much, too soon” no longer!
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Astronomers Catch Rare Black Hole Event 400 Billion Times the Power of the Sun
A groundbreaking study recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has revealed an unprecedented…