physics
Nuclear Fusion Experiment Reveals Unexpected Physics Inside ‘Burning Plasma’
“This is the first burning plasma that we've ever created on the planet, so it's pretty amazing.”
Scientists Simulate Early Universe With Quantum State of Matter In Mind-Bending Lab Experiment
What happened immediately after the Big Bang? Scientists used Bose-Einstein condensate and sound waves to try and find an answer.
Sensors Deep Under Antarctic Ice Located a Source of ‘Ghost Particles’ from Space
Scientists used data from sensors under one mile of ice in the South Pole to to track down one of the biggest mysteries in the universe.
Scientists Invent ‘Quantum Watch’, a Mind-Bending New Way to Measure Time
The quantum watch is "fully quantum mechanical in its nature" and "effectively has no sources of systematic error," scientists say.
Boring Star Is Really a Stripped, Pulsating Core In the Sky, Scientists Say
The star, which at first glance "looks like a typical star in the solar neighborhood, is anything else but normal,” scientists say.
Scientists Conducting Nuclear Fusion Tests Deep Under a Mountain Discover Secrets of First Stars
Scientists working in a subterranean lab in China have accomplished a key reaction that sheds light on mysteries of the first stars in the universe.
Scientists Looked for a 'New Space-Time Structure' Deep Under the South Pole. This Is What They Found
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory under the South Pole probes space-time using "ghost particles," and scientists have just published a study on their work.
Massive Energy Beam Pointed at Earth Appears to Break the Laws of Physics, Scientists Say
Multiple telescopes clocked the massive energy jet coming in at multiple times the speed of light due to its orientation, a new study says.
Scientists Have Detected a ‘Completely Unprecedented’ Burst of Energy in Space
The gamma ray burst is the brightest ever detected in X-rays, according to scientists, and could shed light on the most energetic phenomena in space.
New Observations Reveal How Giant Structures In Space Connect the Universe and Form Galaxies
The cosmic web is a vast and mysterious structure that forms the universe, and we're learning how it shapes galaxies that host stars and planets.
Scientists Discover Unexplained 'Megahalo' Structures in Space That Could Reveal Secrets of Cosmic Web Connecting Universe
A team has “discovered a new type of cosmic phenomenon” that can illuminate some of the universe's biggest mysteries.
Scientists Quantum Entangled Atomic Clocks 6 Feet Apart to Probe Fabric of Reality
Entangling two hyper-precise instruments at a distance will let scientists probe dark matter and space-time.