Astronomers crack a decades-old mystery, catching gas morphing into planet-building disks around newborn stars

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy

An international team led by Dr. Indrani Das of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) has shown, for the first time, how infalling gas from star-forming cores gradually transitions into planet-forming disks. Their findings, combining...

Dark matter could explain the earliest supermassive black holes

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy

A growing mystery in astronomy is the presence of gargantuan black holes—some weighing as much as a billion suns—existing less than a billion years after the Big Bang. According to the standard theory of black hole formation, these black holes simply should not have...

Scientists capture superconductivity’s ‘dancing pairs’ for first time, revealing missing pieces in a decades-old theory

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Latest in Physics

For the first time, scientists have directly imaged the quantum process underlying superconductivity, a phenomenon in which paired electrons cause electric current to flow without resistance at sufficiently low temperatures. The results weren’t quite what they...

Machine learning accelerates analysis of fusion materials

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Tungsten’s superior performance in extreme environments makes it a leading candidate for plasma-facing components (PFCs) in fusion reactors, but the ultra-high heat can damage its microscopic structure and lead to component failure. Scanning electron microscopy...

Quantum simulations reveal spin transport in 1D materials

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Quantum Science Center (QSC) headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have achieved a significant milestone by demonstrating the first digital quantum simulations of how spin currents change over time in a...