Project Hail Mary reminds us how important our world is – and how vital science is to our continued existence on it.

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

A spacecraft traveling at 99 percent the speed of light toward Alpha Centauri would cross 4.3 light-years in what feels like months to its crew, while decades tick by on Earth. That asymmetry is not ...

A new data release more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave candidate events—and reveals unexpected complexities of merging black holes ...

Astronomers may have found an exciting new clue about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. They discovered an extraordinarily bright supernova from more than ...

Black hole GW190412 has been caught speeding away from its birth site at about 112,000 miles per hour (180,000 kilometers per ...

Explore how Albert Einstein transformed our understanding of the universe with groundbreaking theories like relativity and the photoelectric effect. Discover the genius behind E = mc² and the ...

Hollywood has never been known for its strict adherence to science. In most blockbusters the laws of physics are treated more like polite suggestions than hard rules. Need I mention “Armageddon”? I ...

Quote of the day by Newton: 1915 changed physics forever. In that year, Albert Einstein published the general theory of relativity and reshaped our understanding of gravity and spacetime. For 228 ...

The conceptual architecture of black holes has undergone a radical transformation between 2024 and 2026, transitioning from the classical bottomless pits of general relativity to the intricate ...

A vascular surgeon has issued a warning urging people to look after their body when they fly. Dr Rema Malik said millions of people had no idea baout the stresses and strains flying places on our ...