Gravity follows Newton and Einstein’s rules, even at cosmic scales

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Gravity, as most people understand it, is the familiar force that pulls a falling apple toward Earth. But for astronomers and theoretical physicists, it is also a vexing invisible architect that guides the shape and evolution of the largest cosmic structures across...

Planets need more water to support life than scientists previously thought

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an Earth-sized planet needs at least 20 to 50% of the water in Earth’s...

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...