Scientists have uncovered a previously unthinkable state of matter that challenges decades of assumptions ...

The long road from theory to “impossible” milestones For most of the past century, fusion lived in the realm of theory and incremental lab work, a slow grind of plasma physics that rarely broke into ...

A quantum state of matter has appeared in a material where physicists thought it would be impossible, forcing a rethink on ...

Researchers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have identified a vibrant, rainbow-like shock wave surrounding a dead star that technically should not exist. The ...