Physics
New Research Reveals How Galaxies Stay Hot and Bothered
It's relatively easy for galaxies to make stars. Start out with a bunch of random blobs of gas and dust.…
The Large Hadron Collider has been Shut Down, and Will Stay Down for Two Years While they Perform Major Upgrades
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is getting a big boost to its performance. Unfortunately, for fans of ground-breaking physics, the…
Micrometeorite Damage Under the Microscope
A new study by a team from MIT has shed light on the physical processes that take place when tiny…
A New Atomic Clock has been Built that Would be off by Less than a Second Since the Big Bang
Physicists have developed an atomic clock so accurate that it would be off by less than a single second in…
We May Soon Be Able To See the First, Supergiant Stars in the Universe
We need to talk about the dark ages. No, not those dark ages after the fall of the western Roman Empire.…
Chinese Fusion Experiment Reaches 100 Million Degrees
Scientists at China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor set a new temperature record by super-heating plasma to six times…
Scientists are Using Artificial Intelligence to See Inside Stars Using Sound Waves
How in the world could you possibly look inside a star? You could break out the scalpels and other tools…
Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, quantum mechanics may allow for some truly-cutting edge astronomy…
Optical Rocket Boosts Electrons to Nearly the Speed of Light
In a new experiment, a team of researchers used laser pulses to accelerate photons to near the speed of light,…
The Coldest Place in Space Has Been Created. Next Challenge, Coldest Place in the Universe
The Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), which was installed aboard the ISS this past May, just reached a milestone by creating…