A plasma experiment succeeded in twisting light-like waves, and revealed a new, previously unknown rule of extreme physics.

Artistic depiction of the darkness measurement. Image not to scale. Physicists have experimentally confirmed a strange prediction: the dark “holes” inside light waves can appear to move faster than ...

The dusty backbone of our spiral arm of the Milky Way is waving. We live near the end of a long, thin stream of gas, dust, and stars, which spirals outward from the center of the Milky Way. Our cosmic ...

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From the most distant stars in the sky to the screen in front of your face, light is everywhere. But the exact nature of light, and how it travels, has long puzzled scientists. One question in ...

On one hand, the speed of light is just a number: 299,792,458 meters per second. And on the other, it’s one of the most important constants that appears in nature and defines the relationship of ...