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Smashing Gold to Uncover the Building Blocks of Matter

Two huge metal rings, each more than two miles around. Gold ions smashing together at more than 99.99 percent the speed of light. House-size machines with masses of neon green wires.

15 Dec 2025

New Research Challenges the Idea of Black Holes in All Galaxies

A new study, appearing in The Astrophysical Journal and based on observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, challenges the prevailing understanding that almost all galaxies harbor a supermassive black hole at their center.

15 Dec 2025

Nuclear Clock Breakthrough to Benefit Navigation, Communication, and Disaster Prediction

A recent study published in Nature details a significant advancement in the creation of practical nuclear clocks.

15 Dec 2025

LZ Sets World-Leading Limits on One of the Prime Dark Matter Candidates

There’s more to the universe than meets the eye. Dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for 85 percent of the mass in the universe, is hiding all around us — and figuring out exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about how our world works.

10 Dec 2025

SRON Team Measures 20 % Light-Speed Explosion Near Black Hole

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, discovered a rapid explosion of matter around the supermassive black hole NGC 3783 at speeds of up to 20 % the speed of light. The study was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

10 Dec 2025

Researchers Quantify the Intensity of Electron-Phonon Interactions

A researcher at Tohoku University's Department of Physics discovered an unexpected quantum phenomenon concealed inside regular crystals

10 Dec 2025

Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Black Hole Behavior

A team of computational astrophysicists from the Institute for Advanced Study and the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics has reached a significant milestone, creating the most comprehensive model to date of luminous black hole accretion.

8 Dec 2025

MicroBooNE Detector Experiment Rules Out Fourth Sterile Neutrino

In the search for evidence of a ghostly particle called the "sterile" neutrino, the latest results from the MicroBooNE detector at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) are a big deal. The results rule out the possibility that a fourth neutrino type could explain anomalous results observed by earlier neutrino-hunting experiments.

5 Dec 2025

Integrating Quantum Effects to Understand Gravity in Extreme Environments

Researchers at TU Wien have integrated quantum physics with general relativity, revealing significant departures from established models. The study was published in Physical Review D.

3 Dec 2025