XRISM reveals slow-moving hot gas near black hole during faint X-ray phase
Conceptual illustration of a black hole X-ray binary. The strong gravity of the black hole (shown as a…
Accidental double zoom reveals millimeter waves around supermassive black hole
Artist’s rendering of the corona around a black hole. Credit: RIKEN An international team of astronomers led by…
Falling water forms beautiful fluted films
Using hollow tubes of varying diameters and high-speed imaging, KAUST researchers captured the hidden shapes of the thin…
Scientists program cells to create biological qubit in multidisciplinary research
Researchers have designed protein qubits that can be produced by cells naturally, opening possibilities for precision measurements of…
Simple additive method leads to record-setting perovskite laser performance
Suppressing Auger recombination for high-performance perovskite VCSELs. Credit: Xingliang Dai / Zhejiang University For years, engineers have sought…
How do we fix the hellish heat of the New York City subway system?
On June 24, the date of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary and one of the hottest…
LHCb collaboration observes ultra-rare baryon decay
Image of an event display reconstructing how we see the Sigma-> p mu mu decay in the LHCb…
Physicists create stable, ‘breathing’ solitons in settings without energy conservation
Breathing nonreciprocal soliton. Credit: Physical Review X (2025). DOI: 10.1103/nrv2-9h8z Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction…
Fast X-ray transients shine light on how stars end their lives and the distant universe
The jets pierce through the star, emitting X-rays and gamma rays as they stream into space. Credit: NASA/Swift/Cruz…
Mathematical model reveals how collapsing matter and expanding voids shape universe’s evolution
The plot represents the new model with the x-axis and the y-axis showing the minimum sizes of collapsing…