Exotic matter

Long tubes, strong magnets, and bright lasers. Is that all it takes to entice the shyest particles in the universe to reveal themselves?First Full-Color Images From Webb Space TelescopePhysicists working on the ALPS IIexperiment…

A view of LAWD 37 as seen by Hubble.Image: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz and University of Cambridge), K. Sahu (STScI), J. Depasquale (STScI)Astronomers just directly measured the mass of a lone white dwarf using…

An illustration showing the internal workings of heavier (left) and lighter (right) neutron stars, imagined as pralines.Illustration: Peter Kiefer & Luciano RezzollaAstrophysicists modeling the insides of neutron stars have found…

Over 10,000 light-years from Earth, two mega-hot stars are changing what astronomers know about stellar evolution and how the gassy balls can be constructed. The stars are unique for their exotic surface composition: They are cocooned in…