Physicists suggest that a single, extraordinarily powerful cosmic signal detected on Earth could be linked to the explosive end of a tiny black hole from the early universe. That signal now stands as ...

Gold has a reputation for being one of the most stable, predictable elements in the periodic table, but under crushing pressures and searing temperatures it turns out to be anything but simple. By ...

Astronomers have spent more than a decade watching a compact stellar remnant called P13 slip into near silence and then surge back into one of the brightest X-ray beacons in its galaxy. The ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking technique called RAVEN that can capture the full complexity of an ultra-intense laser pulse in a single shot—something previously thought nearly impossible.

When Stephen Baek, associate professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science, talks about extreme physics, he isn’t referring to an obscure corner of science. He’s describing the ...

Physicists have found a clever way to detect the elusive Unruh effect without extreme accelerations. By using atoms that emit light cooperatively between mirrors, acceleration subtly shifts when a ...