Hard Science

The newly discovered galaxies are 62 times bigger than the Milky Way.

A new study explains how a chaotic region just outside a black hole’s event horizon might provide a virtually endless supply of energy.

A new study proposes mysterious axions may be found in X-rays coming from a cluster of neutron stars.

Can computers do calculations in multiple universes? Scientists are working on it. Step into the world of quantum computing.

University of Tokyo scientists observe predicted quantum biochemical effects on cells.

How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.

Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon.

Scientists find that an RNA-DNA mix may have created the first life on our planet.

The satellite would burn instead of becoming more space debris.

The expansion of the universe is speeding up—contrary to what many physicists expected. A “heat death” is coming, but it’s not what you think.

Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.

Researchers from Norway discover that the Moon’s tides influence the release of methane from the ocean floor.

Researchers from MIT invent a highly accurate clock using quantum entanglement that can lead to new physics.

Planets can emit radio waves. For the first time, we’ve picked them up from outside the solar system.

New mathematics have shown that lines of energy can be used to describe the universe.

Scientists find an exoplanet whose strange behavior may lead to the Solar’s System hidden ninth planet.

Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel.

Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.

Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.

Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.

See the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.

A new study shows our planet is much closer to the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center than previously estimated.

The Chumash people poked bits of psychoactive plants into cave ceilings next to their paintings.

A strange object found in the desert has prompted worldwide speculation.

Scientists discover that under certain conditions two kinds of water exist.

A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.

Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.

A new study found similarities between the human brain and the cosmic network of galaxies.

A team of astrophysicists used AI to figure out which clusters of stars merged to become our galaxy.

An ancient Martian meteorite carries with it some compelling implications.