Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of millions of years, these stars progressively cool down, radiating heat into ...

Researchers from TUM, working at CERN, have made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals how deuterons are formed. Another long-standing question in particle physics has been answered. Scientists ...

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Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The text is now best known for introducing “Pascal’s Law” or “Principle,” that any change of pressure in an enclosed incompressible fluid (like water) is transmitted equally to all points within the ...

By partnering with artificial intelligence (AI), a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National ...

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One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin ...

It was 2015 and Metroid fans were practically starving. Nintendo’s sci-fi series hadn’t gotten a new installment since 2010’s Metroid: Other M, a polarizing attempt to take the series in a more ...