Space scientists have captured a never-before-seen cosmic spiral. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a jaw-dropping ...

The optical rotatum's logarithmic spiral follows a pattern found often in nature, including nautilus shells. Credit: Capasso Lab / Harvard SEAS The optical rotatum's logarithmic spiral follows a ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four ...

Learn about the optical rotatum, a newfound structure of light that exhibits a spiral pattern linked with various parts of nature. Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine who writes ...

Pushing the limits of structured light, physicists report a new type of optical vortex beam that not only twists as it travels but also changes in different parts at different rates to create unique ...

Beams of light that can be guided into corkscrew-like shapes called optical vortices are used today in a range of applications. Pushing the limits of structured light, Harvard applied physicists in ...