Astrophysics

Credit: R. Michael Rich, UCLA / Prof. P. Duc / Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomers have completed the largest survey to date of the faint outskirts of nearby galaxies, successfully testing a low-cost system for…

Superioniclike diffusion in an elemental crystal: Bcc titaniumCredit: Davide Sangiovanni A phenomenon that has previously been seen when researchers simulate the properties of planet cores at extreme pressures has now also been…

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), V. Impellizzeri; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black hole hides within a thick doughnut-shaped cloud of dust and gas. When astronomers used the…

Next year is the 200 years anniversary of the discovery of electromagnetism by the Danish physicist H.C. Ørsted. Even 200 years after its discovery, the existence of electromagnetism still brings up new puzzles pertaining to their origin.…

Credit: Magdalena Zych More accurate clocks and sensors may result from a recently proposed experiment, linking an Einstein-devised paradox to quantum mechanics. University of Queensland physicist Dr Magdalena Zych said the…

Credit: Photo by Adrian Sokolov Lyncean Technologies, a pioneer in compact accelerator-based light sources for use in science and industry, on October 4th signed a contract with the "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Research…

Credit: NASA/IBEX/Adler Planetarium Out at the boundary of our solar system, pressure runs high. This pressure, the force plasma, magnetic fields and particles like ions, cosmic rays and electrons exert on one another when they…

Engineering Prof. Swati Singh uses quantum systems to study astrophysical phenomenaCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson From gravitational waves to dark matter, the universe holds many difficult-to-detect mysteries that still baffle even the…

Credit: Illustration: Alexander Millar/Stockholm University Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas in a proposal that could revolutionise the search for the elusive dark…

German-British research team simulates basic conditions for the formation of magnetic stars How do some neutron stars become the strongest magnets in the Universe? A German-British team of astrophysicists has found a possible answer to the…