By shining a laser pulse sequence inspired by the Fibonacci numbers at atoms inside a quantum computer, physicists have created a remarkable, never-before-seen phase of matter. The phase has the bene… [+6763 chars]
Before Earth existed, there were minerals. Some stood witness as the solar nebula stashed stardust and meteorites coalesced to form our rocky abode. But the centuries-old system for classifying miner… [+6190 chars]
The first lab study on garden eels shows how these shy creatures use their burrows, and change their movement and posture, when feeding in strong currents. Garden eels are the ultimate homebodies. I… [+4958 chars]
Solar winds from the snapping of a gigantic "canyon of fire" filament on the Sun are set to slam into the Earth today (20 July) or tomorrow (21 July), triggering a weak G1 geomagnetic storm. Sun wat… [+4688 chars]
Published: 8:31pm, 20 Jul, 2022 Updated: 9:31pm, 20 Jul, 2022
The 3D reconstruction of the skull trapped inside a rock, which belongs to the newfound species Mamorerpeton wakei. (Image credit: Marc Jones) (opens in new tab)A bizarre, newly discovered species … [+4647 chars]
NASA is reviewing its mission to visit the asteroid 16 Psyche. The Administration has convened a 15-member review board to examine the mission and its failure to meet the scheduled 2022 launch. The r… [+4750 chars]
Previous observations have detected faint infrared sources near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Although very high gas densities are required for stars to ove… [+2796 chars]
NASA hopes to get its moon megarocket off the ground as soon as late August. NASA is working toward three "placeholder" launch dates for Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight around the moon that serve… [+5135 chars]
The Moon isn’t necessarily there if you don’t look at it. So says quantum mechanics, which states that what exists depends on what you measure. Proving reality is like that usually involves the compa… [+6040 chars]
Home to a tangerine storm larger than Earth, owner of peachy winds so frigid you'd probably freeze on impact, and collector of 79 separate moons, Jupiter is something of a spectacle. Even its enormit… [+3786 chars]
Figure 1:The mathematical condition called thermomajorization indicates that there exists a thermal process that can change the state of the system from p to q. But the condition doesn’t indicate wha… [+9793 chars]
