To describe Federico Capasso at Harvard University as a prolific researcher is an understatement and...

IntroductionIn the early 2000s, it seemed that cosmologists had solved the largest and most complex puzzle of all: how the universe works. “There was this...

IntroductionIn the early 2000s, it seemed that cosmologists had solved the largest and most complex puzzle of all: how the universe works. “There was this...

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Space exploration took several leaps in 2023 as countries and organizations around the world turned their attention back to the stars. In this article,...

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IntroductionEarth’s fate rests on a coin flip. In 5 billion years, our sun will balloon into a red giant star. Whether Earth survives is an...

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IntroductionOn December 11, 2021, a beam of gamma rays — the most energetic form of light — slammed into NASA’s Swift satellite. Within 120...

Physics World is delighted to announce its top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2023, which ranges from research in astronomy...

Using a cutting-edge spectrograph on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have found evidence...

A rare system of six exoplanets, all smaller than Neptune but larger than Earth, has...