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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?
In November 1974, astronomers used the radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory to send a hello to the universe.
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.
They’re in our brains, hearts, and blood — but what are they doing to us?
Could studying the Oriental hornet lead to a treatment for people with alcohol use disorder?
The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves.
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.
Storytelling skills are not just for entertainment — practical exercises used by the cream of Hollywood can transform your work-life.
The most massive early galaxies grew up faster, and have more stars, than astronomers expected, according to JWST. What does it all mean?
While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?
There are a few small cosmic details that, if things were just a little different, wouldn't have allowed our existence to be possible.
Off-the-shelf consumer technology is helping people pursue their interests — and advancing science at the same time.
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.
"I have a friend who thinks vaccines cause autism," writes Nina. "What can I do?"
When we see pictures from Hubble or JWST, they show the Universe in a series of brilliant colors. But what do those colors really tell us?
Of the millions of substances people encounter daily, health researchers have focused on only a few hundred. Those in the emerging field of exposomics want to change that.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The last naked-eye Milky Way supernova happened way back in 1604. With today's detectors, the next one could solve the dark matter mystery.
How did life on Earth begin? Is there life on other worlds? An answer to either question will reflect heavily on the other.
A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.
Since 1930, type Ia supernovae have been thought to arise from white dwarfs exceeding the Chandrasekhar mass limit. Here's why that's wrong.