Seeing the process in action is almost magical, but it works by using the effects the plasma has on the air against itself.

Physicists have long tried to model the chaotic phenomenon of turbulence. Now, a team has pioneered a new quantum ...

Predicting these solar storms has always been tricky. But a recent study led by Sabrina Guastavino from the University of ...

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science located on Princeton University's Forrestal ...

This three-year programme offers a variant of the advanced study offered in the Physics BSc. You will develop specialised knowledge of the theoretical structure of the core topics in physics. The ...

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and ...

In a recent episode of the astronomy podcast The Cosmic Savannah, I likened their appearance to two glow sticks (the plasma jets) poking out of a ball of ... understand the physics behind what ...

Astronomers have spotted a mysterious pair of icy balls in a remote region of the ... form mean they can't yet be explained using known physics. The researchers published their findings Jan ...

The 1,066-second milestone represents a significant leap in fusion research. It was accomplished by the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), part of ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. A plague of bizarre and disgusting balls that have washed up along popular beaches in Australia have been found to contain fecal ...

That may be an overstatement. But Sony Yuntao, vice president of HFIPS and a director of China’s Institute of Plasma Physics, is quoted as pointing out that "A fusion device must achieve stable ...