The development of sustainable energy sources that can satisfy the world energy demand is one of the most challenging scientific problems. Nuclear fusion, the energy source of stars, is a clean and ...

The findings could help researchers predict dangerous space weather. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists may have ...

As some of the most powerful particles in the universe, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays travel long distances in space before raining down on Earth. They carry energies much higher than those formed in ...

An international team of physicists has proven new theorems in quantum mechanics that describe the 'energy landscapes' of collections of quantum particles. Their work addresses decades-old questions, ...

Astrophysicists show how and when specific particles form and offers clues to questions that have troubled scientists since the 1940s. For decades, scientists have been trying to solve a vexing ...

High above the surface, Earth’s magnetic field constantly deflects incoming supersonic particles from the sun. These particles are disturbed in regions just outside of Earth’s magnetic field – and ...

What if particles don't slow down in a crowd, but move faster? Physicists from Leiden worked together and discovered a new state of matter, where particles pass on energy through collisions and create ...

Unfortunately, any work you do in the universe will have to be done the old-fashioned way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There ...

Our Milky Way galaxy is an awe-inspiring feature of the night sky, viewable with the naked eye as a hazy band of stars stretching from horizon to horizon. For the first time, the IceCube Neutrino ...