Astronomers catch massive star’s death from the first explosive moment

by quasarn01 | Aug 4, 2026 | Astronomy

In March 2026, the Einstein Probe detected a brief flash of soft X-rays emitted from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. The flash, dubbed EP260321a, immediately triggered a worldwide observing campaign. Within an hour, ground-based telescopes began...

New approach to cleaning the inner walls of a fusion system removes another obstacle to near-endless energy

by quasarn01 | Aug 4, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Fusion systems need inner walls that can withstand extreme heat. One promising solution uses liquid lithium to protect the walls, held like water in a sponge made of the exceptionally strong metal tungsten. An advanced manufacturing process can be used to make...

N.Y. can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings, judge rules

by quasarn01 | Aug 4, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The federal government has shown a likelihood that the state’s measures go against the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge wrote Go to Source

Asteroid Nysa’s rare three-lobed structure challenges formation models

by quasarn01 | Aug 4, 2026 | Astronomy

Named for the mythical valley where the god Dionysus was raised in secret by nymphs, the asteroid 44 Nysa inhabits the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Through observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have determined it to be the largest and...

Bringing it all into focus—computational microscope captures 25.2 billion pixels per second across a wide field of view

by quasarn01 | Aug 3, 2026 | Latest in Physics

When designing microscopes, optical engineers have long faced a trade-off between speed, field of view and resolution. But improving one of these properties typically comes at the expense of another. Now, a UC Berkeley–led team of researchers has found a way to...