Scientists use distant gamma ray bursts to prove that light maintains its constant speed, reinforcing Einstein's theory.

Something genuinely strange has just happened in fundamental physics: an underground neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean ...

Magnetic fields thread through galaxies, stretch across cosmic voids, and shape the behavior of charged particles over millions of light-years. Yet their origin remains one of the most stubborn ...

British physicist Martin Rees has suggested that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider could potentially destroy Earth. However, this ...

New optical modules have now been added to the IceCube Observatory, allowing it to measure lower-energy neutrinos as well.

Traditional chemistry textbooks present a tidy picture: Atoms in molecules occupy fixed positions, connected by rigid rods. A ...

The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical "eye of the storm" swirling around supermassive black holes.

An international collaboration using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) has published an exceptionally detailed radio sky map, revealing 13.7 million cosmic sources and delivering the most complete ...

Through nine questions, from the merely intriguing to the existential and utterly bonkers, this special feature confronts the staggering vastness of the cosmos and our place in it.

China’s Einstein Probe has detected an event suspected to be the first recorded instance of a black hole devouring a white dwarf.