Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind. The ...
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What happens after the last star burns out

What does a universe look like when starlight is gone for good? Cosmology’s leading long-view answer is not an explosion or a dramatic collapse, but a drawn-out dimming into scarcity. Star formation ...
A new study explains how some supernovas are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case ...
Three vessels were hit by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz, the UK’s maritime agency said. Countries have agreed to release a record 400 million barrels of oil in an effort to stem gas prices.
The Wave Organ sits at the tip of a jetty in the Marina District, turning tides into tunes and waves into a symphony that ...
Most people don’t associate Georgia with beaches that make international “must-see” lists, but that’s because most people haven’t been to Driftwood Beach yet. Located on Jekyll Island, this ...
New 3D map of the early universe from HETDEX reveals faint hydrogen light linking galaxies 9 to 11 billion years ago.