Scientists suspect that a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic neutron star, or "pulsar," dwells at the heart of the Milky Way.

A subtle twist between atomically thin magnetic layers can generate unexpectedly large and complex spin structures.

OpenStar Technologies' "Junior" prototype proves that levitated dipole reactors can stabilize superheated plasma.

Elon Musk has had another bright idea – catapulting satellites from the moon. Musk told staff at xAI, his start-up that recently merged with his rocket company SpaceX, about his plans to build a lunar ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic fields protect planets from energetic particles that can strip away atmospheres ...

After over 15 years, director Steven Spielberg is finally getting back into the world of alien invaders. Sure, as a producer, Spielberg has continued to attach his name to shows like Falling Skies and ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

University of Leicester engineers have unveiled a concept for a device designed to magnetically "cloak" sensitive components, making them invisible to detection. A magnetic cloak is a device that ...

3D and cross-sectional views of an optimized Superconducting (SC)- Soft-Ferromagnetic bilayer (SFM) cloak. At the left no SFM is used showing the diamagnetic response of the SC. At the right the ...

Molecule-based magnets like vanadium tetracyanoethylene are extremely sensitive to air, impeding their use in practical quantum devices. Researchers coated vanadium tetracyanoethylene with an ...