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Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein’s relativity to its toughest test yet
A newly analyzed gravitational wave event provides one of the most precise confirmations yet of general relativity under extreme conditions.
Read full story →Astronomers watch a massive star collapse into a black hole without a supernova
Observations reveal a star that appears to have collapsed directly into a black hole, challenging models of stellar death.
Read full story →Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying water across the solar system
Astronomers detected water vapor from an interstellar comet, offering insight into chemistry beyond our solar system.
Read full story →Antarctica 'ghost particle' observatory gets major upgrade
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory upgrade promises more precise measurements of high-energy cosmic neutrinos.
Read full story →Current flows without heat loss in newly engineered fractional quantum material
A fractional Chern insulator demonstrates dissipationless conduction with potential applications in quantum technologies.
Read full story →Physicists Discover What Controls the Speed of Quantum Time
New research explores how quantum systems evolve and what sets the pace of quantum dynamics.
Read full story →NASA launches twin rocket missions to study mysterious black auroras
Twin suborbital rocket launches aim to probe the plasma physics behind elusive black auroras.
Read full story →Twisted 2D magnet creates skyrmions for ultra dense data storage
Researchers manipulate twisted magnetic layers to generate skyrmions for potential next-generation storage.
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