New adaptive optics technology could sharpen gravitational-wave discoveries
Gravitational-wave astronomy, one of the newest and most exciting fields in science, may soon take a major step forward thanks to a breakthrough in...
Could the heaviest particles in the universe be dark matter?
For decades, scientists have tried to solve one of the biggest puzzles in physics: the nature of dark matter.
Although it makes up most of...
Astronomers discover brightest fast radio burst and unlock its galactic location
Astronomers have just spotted the brightest fast radio burst (FRB) ever seen—and for the first time, they know exactly where it came from.
This discovery,...
Scientists 3D print micro ion traps for next-generation quantum computers
Scientists have taken an important step toward building the powerful quantum computers of the future by shrinking a key piece of technology with the...
Scientists use diamonds to unlock next-generation quantum devices
Diamonds may be best known for their sparkle, but scientists are now showing that these gems could be just as valuable for powering the...
Quantum computers of the future may run on sound instead of light
When most people imagine quantum computers, they think of machines that use particles of light, called photons, to process information.
But a new study from...
Scientists discover surprisingly slow winds from a neutron star
Astronomers using the new X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) have discovered that the fierce winds blowing from matter spiraling into a neutron star...
New way to make materials “breathe” with ultrafast light
Scientists at Cornell Engineering have found a way to make a thin film material expand and contract billions of times per second by hitting...
Does the multiverse explain the nature of the universe
One possibility to explain the constants of nature is that there’s more than one universe.
That we live in a multiverse, with each different universe...
Is dark energy changing? New evidence challenges Einstein’s theory
For more than two decades, astronomers have wrestled with one of the biggest mysteries in science: what is driving the universe’s expansion to speed...