Polarized light is one of the most powerful tools scientists have for peering inside matter, yet the way it twists, scatters ...

The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has become the latest flashpoint in a growing debate over how to interpret strange behavior in objects that wander into our Solar System from deep space. A Harvard ...

Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several thousand ...

"Virgil has two personalities, its 'good' side – a typical young galaxy quietly forming stars. But Virgil transforms into the host of a heavily obscured supermassive black hole, pouring out immense ...

Scientists search for "decaying" dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines ...

The X‑arithmetic technique offers a powerful new way to map the physics of other galactic structures across the universe and ...

Astronomers traced a mysterious 'scar' of ionized gas around the solar system to two stars that had a close flyby with our ...

The discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James ...

New observations suggest that the relationship between light emitted by quasars has changed over cosmic time, hinting that ...

Applied physics is the study of physics for a practical purpose, as opposed to physics motived solely for an improved fundamental understanding. This includes technological advances such as the ...

Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

Educational aid Global Medical Physics: A Guide for International Collaboration explores the increasing role of medical physicists in international collaborations. The book comes in paperback, ...