The Sombrero is the closest bright, massive, edge-on galaxy to us. JWST’s new image, taken with MIRI, finally shows what’s under its hat.

Behind America’s hunt for a superior semiconductor.

The nonprofit made a bold gamble on the limits of “fair use” — and federal courts have not backed their play.

How many scientists does it take to ruin a good conspiracy?

This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.

One of the fundamental constants of nature, the fine-structure constant, determines so much about our Universe. Here’s why it matters.

Two great philosophies — but do they work better together?

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Gravitational waves are the last signatures that are emitted by merging black holes. What happens when these two phenomena meet in space?

“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.

DESI has allowed astronomers to create an unprecedented 3D map of the Universe representing 20% of the entire sky.

For nearly 60 years, the hot Big Bang has been accepted as the best story of our cosmic origin. Could the Steady-State theory be possible?

All religions have three traits: metaphysical commitments, ethical guidance, and daily rituals or practices. So does Stoicism.

Sure, “who you know” matters — but your best contacts will be the ones you don’t know very well.

Two parts of our Universe that seem to be unavoidable are dark matter and dark energy. Could they really be two aspects of the same thing?

“A person’s mass is made not of ‘stuff’ in the way we normally think about it, but rather our mass is made of energy.”

“I was stunned. Here in front of me was the original apparatus through which a new vision of the world was slowly and painfully brought to light.”

Scalars, vectors, and tensors come up all the time in physics. They’re more than mathematical structures. They help describe the Universe.

Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.

They’re in our brains, hearts, and blood — but what are they doing to us?

If you’re an atheist with a vocation, who laid that path for you?

Since the mid-1960s, the CMB has been identified with the Big Bang’s leftover glow. Could any alternative explanations still work?

Could studying the Oriental hornet lead to a treatment for people with alcohol use disorder?

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Our classical intuition is no good in a quantum Universe. To make sense of it, we need to learn, and apply, an entirely novel set of rules.

Listen, set boundaries, and point them where to go.

Psychotherapist Israa Nasir explains how a “value-aligned life” can help us crush our goals — without being crushed by the need to accomplish more.

It’s the ultimate setup for a Thanksgiving Day disaster. The physics of water and its solid, liquid, and gas phases compels us not to do it.

We need a “theory that explains the evolution of evolution,” argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.

On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.