The DUNE project will beam tiny neutrinos across vast distances. But the first step involved moving a heavier material: 1 million tons of rock.

If there’s life lurking on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, could our instruments even detect it?

Want to avoid getting “spaghettified” by a black hole? Steer clear of the smaller ones.

Two scientists recently wagered a bottle of whiskey. The bet? Whether we’ll find evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.

Observations of an enormous cosmic structure, dubbed the “Big Ring,” seem to violate the Copernican principle.

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A new measurement offers insights on the density of the mysterious force driving the Universe’s expansion.

Here’s why the answer may forever elude scientists.

Wolfgang Pauli was a brilliant, well-liked physicist and a scathing critic of balderdash.

Physicists have yet to pinpoint the hypothetical matter that keeps galaxies from flying apart. Now they have a new focus.

Thanks to observations of gravitational waves, scientists were able to settle a longstanding debate over the speed of gravity.

Few could match the famous physicist in his ability to communicate difficult-to-understand concepts in a simple and warm fashion.