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Kiwi startup OpenStar's bold move to use levitating dipole reactor for fusion achieved a key milestone with its first plasma.

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Artist’s illustration of a magnetar, surrounded by the plasma bubble responsible for the persistent ... marking a significant ...

The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is like an immensely powerful kitchen, designed to cook up some of the rarest and hottest ...

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How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

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