A scientific team led by Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, has identified the origin of a mysterious excess of ...

Astronomers thought they had the Orion Nebula figured out. A new study says one of its most basic measurements was wrong by ...

A hidden gamma-ray source near the Jellyfish Nebula may be remnants of the progenitor star’s long-lost sibling.

As “Obsession” continues to light up the box office to the tune of over $150 million domestic, the indie horror hit is paying big bucks on the back end. Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Atomic is making $17 ...

It’s a knockout Illustration of how close pairing was studied. A high-energy electron (purple) scatters from a nucleus by emitting a virtual photon (purple). The photon goes on to knock out a proton ...

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number of protons equals the number of neutrons. For decades, these strange regions ...

A special set of numbers has formed the backbone of nuclear physics research for decades, and now we finally know how it arises from the quantum mix of nuclear particles and forces. Nearly 80 years ...

For the first time, physicists have developed a model that explains the origins of unusually stable magic nuclei based directly on the interactions between their protons and neutrons. Published in ...

A new chart for highly charged ions (HCIs) has been proposed, aiming to replicate the conventional periodic table’s accessibility and patterns for the cutting edge of atomic physics. This table could ...

A researcher stands behind a metal pipe covered with electrical cords and gauges. A researcher works on a device at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. This part of the facility provides low-energy ...

Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped the edge of a mysterious ‘island of inversion’ where the standard rules of nuclear physics do ...

A new version of the periodic table of elements has predicted hundreds of highly charged ions that could be used to create the next generation of optical atomic clocks. The periodic table, first ...