This collage highlights several concepts proposed by 2024 NIAC Phase I awardees, including miniaturized interstellar spacecraft, a Venus glider, a water detoxifier for Mars, a solar-system-scale ...
SXS—Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes—is an ongoing scientific collaboration that has been generating simulations of dramatic ...
The bandgap defines how insulators absorb light and conduct electricity. XUV high-harmonic interferometry now lets ...
For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Bob McDonald celebrates LIGO ...
Multiple studies have extolled the benefits of napping, such as enhanced memory and focus. A mid-afternoon siesta is the norm in parts of Spain and Italy. In China and Japan, nodding off is encouraged ...
A strange chirp detected by LIGO in 2019 has some scientists searching for answers beyond a simple black hole merger.
Scientists in the United States have discovered the biggest-known merger of two black holes using gravitational wave detectors. The scientific findings from the collision, which was recorded in ...