Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered compelling evidence of massive black holes in the ...

For decades, physicists have been interested in finding out what the Universe was like in its first millionth of a second; in ...

A team of researchers at MIT has now created a system‑on‑a‑chip called Gleanmer that lets small autonomous robots create ...

When a star drifts too close to a black hole, intense tidal forces can rip it apart in a tidal disruption event (TDE). The ...

In a breakthrough experiment, an international team of physicists used a quantum simulator for the first time to detect the ...

On Aug. 5, a SpaceX Falcon 9 impacted the lunar surface and formed a crater. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) ...

Every year, millions of tons of sulfur quietly pile up as waste from petroleum refining. For decades, this yellow element has been treated as little more than an industrial by-product. But now, a team ...

Emails rule modern life—from friendly check-ins to serious business. But when you hit “send,” what makes someone actually write back? Scientists have long studied what helps a request succeed, like ...

Why black hole flares keep fading, scientists explain.

Cocaine use disorder (CUD) remains an intractable public health problem; the associated genetic etiology has not been largely detected. Using rat models, researchers in a new report charted DNA ...

For more than ten years, a mysterious pink world has puzzled astronomers. Discovered in 2013, GJ504b, nicknamed the Pink Planet, orbits a Sun‑like star about 57 light‑years away. Despite its name, ...

In the mudstones of St Bathans, Central Otago, scientists have uncovered a fossil goose that adds a surprising twist to the evolutionary story of New Zealand’s birds. The deposits, dating to the early ...