Cosmic web lights up in the darkness of space, shows study
The universe is much like an intricate web, woven with invisible threads connecting galaxies, called the cosmic web.
This web is made of gas streams,...
Scientists find new material that can detect high-energy X-rays in much better way
Scientists are in a race to improve X-ray technology, a crucial tool used by doctors to see inside our bodies without surgery and by...
Why Einstein must be wrong in search of the theory of gravity
Einstein's theory of gravity—general relativity—has been very successful for more than a century.
However, it has theoretical shortcomings. This is not surprising: the theory predicts...
Antimatter embraces Earth, falling downward like normal matter, shows study
Scientists at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, have been delving deep into the secrets of the universe, studying a mysterious substance known as antimatter.
They have...
How magma oceans may affect the evolution of hot exoplanets
Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system.
To...
How quantum squeezing makes discoveries clearer
Do you remember those days when you’re in a video meeting and the internet is terrible?
Sometimes, we simply lower the video quality to hear...
Intriguing realm of extremal Kerr black holes could amplify new physics
Black holes continue to intrigue scientists with their enigmatic presence and mysterious properties.
Recent research from the University of California–Santa Barbara, University of Warsaw, and...
Galactic surprise: Early universe full of milky way lookalikes!
Once upon a time, astronomers believed that galaxies like our own Milky Way were rare gems in the early universe.
The theory was that the...
If you could see gravitational waves, the universe would look like this
Imagine if you could see gravitational waves.
Of course, humans are too small to sense all but the strongest gravitational waves, so imagine you were...
We can’t see the first stars yet, but we can see their direct descendants
If you take a Universe worth of hydrogen and helium, and let it stew for about 13 billion years, you get us.
We are the...