Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are some of the most perplexing phenomena in nature. Even though astronomers have detected about ...

Neutrinos are one of the most mysterious particles in the universe, and get their name because they hardly interact with ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Astronomers are a step closer to cracking one of the secrets of dark energy—the mysterious force believed to be causing the universe's accelerated expansion.

For over two decades, cosmologists have believed that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, driven by a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has found compelling evidence for "monster stars" — gigantic, primordial stars that existed in the early universe.

I/ATLAS, comets, asteroids, quasi-moon and more. In 2025, scientists spotted several strange events and objects in the ...

Long before Tom Baker stepped into the TARDIS and became the most iconic face of Doctor Who, he lived several lifetimes’ ...

Scientists are testing a novel way to measure cosmic expansion using time delays in gravitationally lensed quasars. Their ...

Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

A detailed suite of simulations conducted by astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their collaborators showed that magnetic fields can produce black holes with masses that were previously ...

Knotted structures once imagined by Lord Kelvin may actually have shaped the universe’s earliest moments, according to new ...