The experimental layout of the sender Alice and the receiver Bob. Alice’s setup contains the excitation and collection setup of the single photon source, and a Sagnac-like polarization modulator for ...

Scientists created the first working quantum money system that cannot be counterfeited using light particles and quantum ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the brightest explosions in the universe. In just a few seconds, they can outshine all the stars ...

Researchers have discovered that PSR B1937+21's incredible rotation speed is due to its process of accreting material from a companion star and transferring angular momentum. This process gradually ...

Newly released images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 show that the plasma that swirls around ...

PSR B1937+21 is a millisecond pulsar located in the direction of the constellation Vulpecula, renowned for its astonishing rotation speed of 642 revolutions per second. Since its discovery in 1982, it ...

Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice is a flexoelectric material, capable of generating electricity when bent or ...

Quantum physics just pulled off a rewind trick that sounds like sci-fi. Here’s what the experiment actually did—and why it ...

In April 2019, the world witnessed the first-ever image of a black hole, unveiling M87*, a supermassive black hole at the ...

Reeling from a divisive and turbulent election season, many of us seek spaces of solace, light, unity and worship as we turn toward the winter holidays. The cosmos and its reflection within us harbor ...