As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

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Developed by researchers at MIT, the method uses the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a molecule to help probe ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

In a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

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Very early on in our universe, when it was a seething hot cauldron of energy, particles made of matter and antimatter bubbled ...

A new quantum computing protocol may be able to augment a standard technique for understanding molecules in chemistry, ...

Researchers at Tohoku University have shown that linking quantum sensors in optimized networks can dramatically boost their sensitivity. Uncovering dark matter, the invisible substance thought to bind ...

Physicists have been chasing one of the universe’s strangest mysteries—neutrinos, nearly invisible particles that zip through ...