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The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.
Ground-based facilities enable the greatest scientific production in all of astronomy. The NSF needs to be ambitious, and it’s now or never.
Although a great many unidentified sights have been seen in the skies, none have conclusively demonstrated the presence of aliens. So far.
U.S. particle physicists recently recommended a list of major research projects that they hope will receive federal funding.
This oddball system of three stars might be our best chance at finding nearby life in the Universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope viewed Neptune, our Solar System’s final planet, for the first time. Here’s what we saw, and what it means.
A study finds that sex is “moderate intensity physical activity,” similar to light jogging or leisurely swimming.
As the Sun ages, it loses mass, causing Earth to spiral outward in its orbit. Will that cool the Earth down, or will other effects win out?
The very word “quantum” makes people’s imaginations run wild. But chances are you’ve fallen for at least one of these myths.
Dark matter hasn’t been directly detected, but some form of invisible matter is clearly gravitating. Could the graviton hold the answer?
The near and far sides of the Moon are so different from each other, and no one is sure why. New lunar samples could confirm a wild theory.
The new corporate landscape demands an approach to leadership based on empowering the “inner CEO.”
The expanding Universe, in many ways, is the ultimate out-of-equilibrium system. After enough time passes, will we eventually get there?
In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?
With two different black hole event horizons now directly imaged, we can see that they are, in fact, rings, not disks. But why?
From the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang (and even before) to our dark energy-dominated present, how and when did the Universe grow up?
Experimental neuroscientist Patrick McNamara on how we can harness spiritual experiences to explore alternate realities in our minds, and transform our models of the self.
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The $21.5-billion project could involve tunneling hundreds of feet under Lake Geneva.
At all distances, the Universe expands along our line-of-sight. But we can’t measure side-to-side motions; could it be rotating as well?
In polarized times, our shared cellular origin can unite us in solidarity and awe — from the embryonic scale to the grandest cosmic perspective.
Back during the hot Big Bang, it wasn’t just charged particles and photons that were created, but also neutrinos. Where are they now?
In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.
We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space!
Einstein tried to disprove quantum mechanics. Instead, a weird concept called entanglement showed that Einstein was wrong.
Sight helps you see a room, but interoception lets you sense it from inside your own body.
Now that it’s fully commissioned, the James Webb Space Telescope begins its exploration of the Universe. Here are its first science images!
From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.
Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with “an unnatural ghastly glow”? One inventor thought you would.
The researchers and patients are excited to see if color vision will develop over time.