Scientists discover the heaviest neutron star to date
A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per second — making it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxy...
Astronomers find origins of mysterious gamma-ray bursts
Several mysterious gamma-ray bursts appear as lonely flashes of intense energy far from any obvious galactic home, raising questions about their true origins and...
Scientists find new way to build magnets to harvest fusion power of the sun...
Scientists have found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world...
Scientists capture first-ever view of a hidden quantum phase in a 2D crystal
The development of high-speed strobe-flash photography in the 1960s by the late MIT professor Harold “Doc” Edgerton allowed us to visualize events too fast...
Scientists find new way to detect exoplanets
In recent years, many exoplanets have been found around single "normal" stars. New research shows that there may be exceptions to this trend.
Researchers from...
Why water is one of the most remarkable substances in the universe
The formula is simple, but H2O is one of the most remarkable substances in the universe.
It’s something of an enigma: a compound composed of...
Star couple caught ending their embrace
We now have new clues about a mysterious stage in the life of binary stars, thanks to research from The Australian National University (ANU)...
Scientists find how first quasars in universe formed
The mystery of how the first quasars in the universe formed—something that has baffled scientists for nearly 20 years—has now been solved.
The existence of...
Scientists detect mysterious radio bursts from space
The object, first discovered in 2019, emits frequent and repetitive bursts of radio waves
Astronomers using Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, or VLA, as...
Physicists discover a “family” of robust, superconducting graphene structures
When it comes to graphene, it appears that superconductivity runs in the family.
Graphene is a single-atom-thin material that can be exfoliated from the same...