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![Graphic illustrating quantum entanglement when two particles are linking together.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WHuxFyyB3J5fZnW7oLyF2h-320-80.jpg)
What is quantum entanglement?
By Jesse Emspak last updated
Reference Quantum entanglement states that two particles are connected and affect one another even if those particles are light-years apart.
![Artist's illustration of a supermassive black hole shows a large circular black void on the right with swirls of blue, pink and orange gathering toward the center.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eWPtb9WbySVEecJSEdoEGU-320-80.jpg)
Supermassive black holes share a surprising link with subatomic gluon 'color glass walls'
By Robert Lea published
Scientists have discovered a connection between supermassive black holes and densely packed gluon 'walls' called color glass condensates.
![Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ha6Atjordi3k8oHKTyKWb8-320-80.jpg)
'Ant-Man' star Paul Rudd quizzes NASA expert on quantum science
By Robert Lea published
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star Paul Rudd can’t get enough of the quantum realm. Rudd took to YouTube to ask a NASA quantum physicist some big questions.
![a series of ripples on a blue grid background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xQ7vSHFwA7Z2vXBx5BsngU-320-80.jpg)
Faint gravitational waves may be from primordial fractures in space-time
By Paul Sutter published
The early universe may have been such a violent place that space-time itself fractured like a pane of glass, releasing gravitational waves that astronomers say we may have already detected.
![a colorful field of stars in deep space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Be5EtabBFPuMQfT4yjiLpU-320-80.jpg)
Dark energy could lead to a second (and third, and fourth) Big Bang, new research suggests
By Paul Sutter published
Scientists have proposed a way that the universe could stop expanding, ending in a 'Big Crunch' that resets space and time as we know it.
![a massive purple explosion in space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ozQ2o6xv3VKMV76FrmiVLK-320-80.jpg)
X-rays reveal how 450-year-old Tycho supernova became a giant cosmic particle accelerator
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
In new research, astronomers have mapped the magnetic field in the historic Tycho supernova remnant that accelerates charged particles close to the speed of light.
![A photograph of one of Leonardo da Vinci's sketches of experiments to understand gravity.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S9poWbA98qAwg7gYBWkmLP-320-80.jpg)
Leonardo da Vinci's lost sketches show early experiments to understand gravity
By Samantha Mathewson published
Leonardo da Vinci's centuries-old sketches reveal he may have understood key aspects of gravity long before Galileo, Newton and Einstein.
![Artist's illustration showing a gluon appearing as a bubble around a quark, holding it together.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jNxCN8CUUntBtsgavNZXrd-320-80.jpg)
What are gluons?
By Keith Cooper published
Reference Discover how gluons bind quarks together to form protons and neutrons and explore the form weird form of matter in which they existed just after the Big Bang.
![Neutrinos are leptons and are created during a supernova, here a graphic illustration of a supernova. Bright yellow and white streaks spread out from a central bright white point. Swirls of purple and blue fill the right side of the image and on the left a black backdrop with a handful of bright stars.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S9CJjb4E4dBKoAtfFxT3So-320-80.jpg)
Leptons: The elementary particles explained
By Keith Cooper published
Reference Here we look at what leptons are, how they fit in the Standard Model of particle physics, and their importance in atoms and particle decay.
![A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ny5LdWRAYRxzAZPQ5Mrg9m-320-80.jpg)
Powerful linear accelerator begins smashing atoms – 2 scientists on the team explain how it could reveal rare forms of matter
By Sean Liddick, Artemis Spyrou published
The accelerator at FRIB started working at low power, but when it finishes ramping up to full strength, it will be the most powerful heavy-ion accelerator on Earth.
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