Creating a quantum device often begins by intentionally damaging a crystal. Scientists fire an ultrafast laser pulse into a ...
The center of the Milky Way galaxy is a chaotic place. In addition to the 4-million-solar-mass black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the region is full of gas, dust, strong magnetic fields and ...
Astronomers have found strong evidence that some mysterious, minutes-long X-ray flashes are produced when two neutron stars ...
Whether it is an unknown powder newly synthesized in the laboratory or a metal part whose properties have changed due to heat ...
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (Chandra) and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) continue to expand the frontiers of knowledge about high-energy processes in the Universe. These groundbreaking ...