An artist's illustration of a planet—though not LHS 1140 b—outside the Solar System. A planet relatively close to Earth may be the first discovered with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean…
The globular cluster Omega Centauri—with as many as ten million stars—is seen in all its glory in this image taken with the WFI camera at ESO's La Silla Observatory. Credit:…
Schematic overview of the formosa tank computer. credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07567-x Researchers at the Institute for Molecules and Materials at Radboud University, the Netherlands, have demonstrated that a complex…
The rim and floor of Gale Crater as seen by NASA's Curiosity rover. Credit: NASA The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captured the imagination of scientists and…
The Fisher information achievable with a single-qubit sensor. credit: Physical examination letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.260801 The idea of time travel has dazzled science fiction enthusiasts for years. Science tells us…
Schematic representation of the evolution of the Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait through the Paleogene. Abbreviations: Pre-Ungava Transform Margin (Pre-UTM), Davis Strait Protomicrocontinent (DSPM), Ungava Fracture Zone (UFZ).…
Experimental protocol and phase diagram of the mean field. credit: Natural physics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-024-02542-9 A crystal is an arrangement of atoms that repeats itself in space at regular intervals:…
Artist's concept of Smertrios. Credit: NASA. Using the CARMENES spectrograph, astronomers found evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of a hot Saturnian exoplanet designated HD 149026 b called Smertrios.…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Have you ever noticed that a polyester t-shirt is smellier than a cotton one after a workout? New research from the University of Alberta now shows…
Phase diagram as a function of total density 𝑛 and proton fraction 𝑥 at N3LO. The neutron drip and proton drip phases are given by the areas covered by the…