World’s Largest Fusion Reactor just started
The world’s largest fusion reactor just started. Japan’s JT-60SA tokamak will test technologies put to use in ITER.
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A Powerful Cosmic Ray Hit Earth
A powerful Cosmic Ray hit Earth. Telescope Array detects the second highest-energy cosmic ray ever.
How we’re Building the World’s Biggest Optical Telescope
How we’re building the world’s biggest optical telescope to crack some of the greatest puzzles in science.
NASA’s Psyche Mission is off to the Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche mission is off to explore the metal-rich asteroid that may shed light on our own planet’s formation.
Why Oppenheimer Deserves His Own Movie
J. Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the course of history. He may be the most important physicist to have ever lived.
Why isn’t Hiroshima a Nuclear Wasteland?
On August 6th, 1945, the people of Hiroshima, Japan became some of the only humans to ever witness firsthand the terrible power of an atom split for
The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies
The universe isn’t just a vast empty ocean sprinkled with galaxies – most of the atoms are actually drifting in between, in the intergalactic medium.
Tokamak Energy Fusion Power Plant – First look
Tokamak Energy has released the first images of its commercial fusion power plant, which will generate enough electricity to power 50,000 homes in the 2030s.
Quantum Light
Artist’s impression of photons stimulating a quantum dot. Credit: The University of Basel Scientists open door to manipulating ‘quantum light’ to advance medical imaging and quantum computing.
The Origins of Water found to a Time Before The Sun
credit ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis.