On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted the world’s first-ever nuclear test, known as the Trinity test, in the desert of New Mexico. This test marked a watershed moment in history, not only ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the most bizarre and extreme materials in the universe—nuclear pasta, formed deep within neutron stars under unimaginable pressure. These stellar remnants are ...

Astrophotographers have snapped stunning shots of a giant shapeshifting solar prominence, dubbed "The Beast," which appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on July 12 and rained impossibly fast fire ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics ...

Physicists have recreated the mechanism behind cosmic ray acceleration in a lab for the first time using ultracold atoms and ...

Microsoft says its researchers have created a new quantum computer processor that relies on a never-before-seen state of matter. The technological leap—called Majorana 1—represents a major ...

Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.

But none sound as impressive as developing a new state of matter. There are three fundamental states of matter — solid, liquid, and gas — and two exotic forms that we know as plasma and the ...

And the glowing colors of neon signs are created by plasma and so is the light inside a fluorescent bulb. For more information about states of matter, check out the Science Trek website.

This plasma may soon collide with Earth and cause aurorae. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory The plasma released on July 21 appears dark due to it being cooler and more dense than the sun beneath it.