Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important ...

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

To answer Robertson: The Higgs field doesn’t appear to have more valleys to explore, according to our current understanding.

Irish physicist William Rowan Hamilton’s pioneering work contained hints of the enigmatic wave–particle duality that governs ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were recognized for work that made behaviors of the subatomic realm ...

A kilonova formed by colliding neutron stars releases gamma ray bursts powerful enough to vaporize atmospheres within a 36-light-year radius, threatening dozens of star systems.

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Space is big, and ...

That moment changed everything — for her and, potentially, for millions of women.

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...

“If you wanted to take a picture of the rocket as it flew past, you would have to take into account that the light from ...