A team of scientists has developed a novel “multi-messenger” way to quantum physics that implies a technological leap in how scientists can explore quantum materials. The work was inspired by “multi-messenger” astrophysics, which developed during the last decade as a revolutionary technique for the study of distant events like black hole mergers. Scientists have performed their experiment by concentrating laser light onto the sharp tip of a needle probe surfaced with a magnetic element. Now, the investigation of quantum materials by multi-modal nanoscience proposes a means to close the loop on programs to engineer them.