Plasma

A professor at the University of Virginia claims to have created a "freeze ray"-like device that was apparently inspired by Mr. Freeze.

Ice Man Cometh

Eat your heart out, Mr. Freeze.

Professor Says He's Invented a Real-Life "Freeze Ray"

Using a gigantic laser, scientists heated up a peppercorn-sized sample of two hydrogen isotopes to well past the temperature of the Sun's core.

Reheat to Ignition

"This is the most significant advance in inertial fusion since its beginning in 1972."

Scientists Are On the Edge of a Fusion Power Breakthrough

According to a new study, we could theoretically extract energy from the enormous amounts of emissions emanating from black holes.

Hole Shebang

Columbia University scientists say that in the future, a black hole could power an entire off-Earth civilization.

Physicists Outline Plan to Harvest Energy From Black Holes

Origin Story

A team of scientists has an unusual explanation.

New Theory: Dark Matter Was Created by "Boiling" Bubbles of Plasma

Scientists just released the highest resolution images of the Sun's surface ever taken using the largest solar telescope in the world.

Caramel Popcorn

Forbidden snacks.

The Highest Def Photo of the Sun Looks Like Caramel Popcorn

The doctor behind the young blood transfusion clinic Ambrosia is back with a mysterious new venture — a transfusion clinic called Ivy Plasma.

Classified Clinics

Treatments

We tried to ask him some questions, but he was very evasive.

Doctor Behind Failed "Anti-Aging" Blood Clinic Tries Again

Physicists built a "mini-sun" that's helping them study solar winds and why the Sun occasionally ejects blasts of plasma into space.

Twinkle, Little Star

It's easier than studying the real Sun up close.

Scientists Built a Ball of Plasma They Call a "Mini-Sun"

Physicists just built a new plasma-powered thruster that could vastly improve the capabilities of a small satellite conducting research in space.

Give Me A Boost

The new thruster could push fleets of CubeSats farther into orbit.

Princeton Unveils Plasma-Powered Satellite

By studying the plasma in the Sun's atmosphere, we could learn how to control it here on Earth and finally make fusion energy a reality.

Solar Plasma

Plasma is the most common form of matter in our universe, but it's extremely difficult to study.

Studying the Sun's Atmosphere Could Make Fusion Power a Reality

The black hole V404 Cygni was caught shooting plasma jets in rapidly changing directions — all while its gravitational pull dragged the fabric of spacetime.

Wonderfully Weird

"We were gobsmacked by what we saw in this system — it was completely unexpected."

Bizarre Black Hole "Drags" Spacetime, Blasts Wobbling Plasma Jets

Researchers from Princeton University and the Department of Energy say they've discovered a new way to stabilize super-heated plasma in fusion reactions.

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