Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the ...

Unraveling the mysteries of time, gravitational fields, quantum mechanics, and more means that every day is cause for wonder.

Brian Schmidt explains dark energy’s role in accelerating universe expansion, 1998 discovery’s impact, and urges students to ...

Dark matter pulls the universe and dark energy pushes, both mysteries that endure. And the discovery that a majority of the universe is made up of “stuff” that makes gravity push rather than pull was ...

Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But ...

On June 23, the first images from the much-anticipated Vera C. Rubin Observatory atop Chile’s Cerro Pachón will be shown to ...

Oxford scientists have simulated light interacting with “empty” space—a strange quantum effect that sounds like science ...

The Marie-Thérèse Pink, thought to have belonged to Marie Antoinette, was auctioned by Christie’s in New York.

IIT-Delhi scientists demonstrate quantum communication breakthrough in cybersecurity, paving the way for secure communication ...

With the help of “super spikes” and a dimpled track suit, Kipyegon next week will try to become the first woman to run a mile ...

A new solid-state laser can make a vast number of precise optical measurements each second, while sweeping across a broad ...

The study focused on two black holes — our galaxy's Sgr A* and M87*, located 55 million light-years away. Both were ...