Plasma physics is the study of a state of matter comprising charged particles. Plasmas are usually created by heating a gas until the electrons become detached from their parent atom or molecule.

The new measurement from LHCb has found differences between baryons and antibaryons, which are made of three quarks and three ...

A young planet named HIP 67522 causes violent eruptions on its star, dramatically accelerating the loss of its own atmosphere ...

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 ...

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 ...

Condensed-matter physics articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both ...

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

Scientists demonstrate a process called "magic state distillation" in logical qubits for the first time, meaning we can now build quantum computers that are both error-free and more powerful than ...