On the hunt for cosmic dawn and the universe’s very first stars

by quasarn01 | Jun 11, 2026 | Astronomy

After only four short years, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and observational cosmologists like Richard Ellis at University College London (UCL) have pushed the cosmic lookback time to an era when the universe’s very first stars and galaxies are...

Electron matter waves gain ultrafast torque that flips handedness in femtoseconds

by quasarn01 | Jun 11, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Many natural processes, ranging from magnetism to chemical reactions, entail the movement and rotation of particles at very small scales. In quantum mechanics, particles exhibit both particle-like and wave-like behaviors, and their states can be described...

NASA head defends Artemis 3 crew of all men

by quasarn01 | Jun 11, 2026 | Astronomy

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the makeup of the space agency’s latest Artemis crew, an all-male group. Go to Source

New art test could help museums spot fake Van Goghs without touching paintings

by quasarn01 | Jun 11, 2026 | Latest in Physics

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties introduces a pioneering, noninvasive technique that can distinguish authentic artworks from forgeries, offering museums, collectors, and auction houses a major advantage in...

NASA’s CloudCube pioneers miniaturized radar to study clouds, precipitation

by quasarn01 | Jun 10, 2026 | Astronomy

A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new instrument simultaneously probes the atmosphere with three radar signals,...