Self-consistent model incorporates gas self-gravity effects to address accretion across cosmic scales
Global solutions of the TPBVP for ~β=0.65 and γ=4/3. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal (2025). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adec71 A research…
Ask Ethan: Can “zero-point energy” power the world?
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Scientists Crack the Code of China’s Mysterious “Matrix Tide”
On China’s Qiantang River, witnesses recently observed an extraordinary “matrix tide,” where colliding tidal bores formed a grid…
Black Holes Are the Elusive Source of the Universe’s Dark Energy, Study Argues
Dark energy—the hypothetical force accelerating our universe’s expansion—sometimes raises more questions than it answers. A new study, however,…
Sean Carroll explains why physics is both simple and impossible
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Two quantum computers with 20 qubits manage to simulate information scrambling
A close-up of the trapped-ion quantum computer used to simulate quantum-information scrambling circuits. Credit: Quantinuum Four RIKEN researchers…
Measuring a previously mysterious imaginary component of wave scattering
a) a time-domain experiment setup. b) a frequency-domain experiment setup. Credit: American Physical Society There has long been…
What appeared to be a normal galaxy concealed a ring of light
It is not every day that a nearby, cataloged galaxy reveals a secret hiding in plain sight. A…
Astronomers See Inside The Core of a Dying Star For the First Time, Confirm How Heavy Atoms Are Made
An illustration of the ‘extremely stripped’ supernova 2021yfj. Keck Observatory / Adam Makarenko Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure…
What Came Before the Big Bang? New Study Says ‘Numerical Relativity’ Could Unlock Cosmology’s Biggest Mysteries
It is one of cosmology’s most perplexing questions: what happened before the Big Bang? Although the question has…