Featured Clips

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  • Pushing Matter to the Extreme [LLNL]

    By creating plasmas—mixtures of ions and free electrons—under extreme conditions, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) becomes a terrestrial test bed for extraterrestrial conditions…

  • How Big Is a Proton? Neutrinos Weigh In [Scientific American]

    A first-of-its-kind probe brings physicists one step closer to solving the proton radius puzzle…

  • Study Reveals Map of Moon's Water Near Its South Pole [NASA]

    A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the Moon….

  • Can Exploding ‘Axion Stars’ Help Pin Down Dark Matter? [Scientific American]

    Scientists have proposed a new way to learn whether hypothetical particles called axions really exist—and whether axions make up most of the universe’s dark matter…