Galactic Fireworks: Detecting Explosive Planet Collisions in Distant Star Systems
Afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far-off star system. The afterglow of a massive collision between two…
Afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far-off star system. The afterglow of a massive collision between two…
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics acknowledges the visualization of ultrafast electron movements using laser pulses. This attosecond-scale research has vast potential, from influencing chemical…
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics recognized three researchers for their work with attosecond light pulses, revolutionizing the study of rapid electron movements and broadening…
New research, supported by advanced dating techniques, suggests that humans settled in the Americas around 23,000 years ago, challenging earlier beliefs of a 14,000-year timeline….
Over 100 consciousness researchers contest the integrated information theory’s validity, sparking debate about the intersection of science and philosophy in understanding consciousness. Civil war has…
Of all the objects in the Solar System, perhaps the most spectacular are the great comets that occasionally grace our skies. If you’ve been on…
How has the inside of the Earth stayed as hot as the Sun’s surface for billions of years? The Earth’s layered structure, which includes moving…
Where Does Beach Sand Come From? The seemingly simple beach sand is actually the result of an epic natural process of mountain erosion and river…
Scientists have reactivated the upgraded Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) after a three-year break, improving its ability to measure gravitational waves. These waves offer new…
The first episode of the new podcast, Great Mysteries of Physics, delves into the complex nature of time. Challenging traditional notions of time as absolute,…
Quantum biology explores how quantum effects influence biological processes, potentially leading to breakthroughs in medicine and biotechnology. Despite the assumption that quantum effects rapidly disappear…
‘Forever chemicals’ or PFAS, found in cosmetics and personal care products, pose environmental and health concerns due to their persistence and accumulation in bodies and…
Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect – the least skilled people know how much they don’t know, but everyone thinks they are better than average. The Dunning-Kruger…
The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics highlighted the challenges quantum experiments pose to “local realism.” However, a growing body of experts propose “retrocausality” as a…
What the research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus risks of heart damage from COVID – two pediatric cardiologists explain how to…
On May 5, 2023, people around the world will witness a lunar eclipse when the Earth gets between the Sun and the Moon and casts…
The rapid rise in oropharyngeal cancer in the West over the past two decades is largely attributed to the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). Despite…
An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that started in 2021 has become the largest bird flu outbreak in history, both in the U.S. and worldwide….