A new study published in Nature Astronomy indicates that the dense, star- and dark-matter–rich environments around supermassive black hole binaries pack on the order of a million solar masses into ...

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sit down with Dr. Lulu Zhao, an ...

Neutron stars are ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that collapsed after supernova explosions and are made up mostly of subatomic particles with no electric charge (i.e., neutrons). When two ...

A pair of identical particles swapping places sounds like a small move. In quantum physics, it is a defining one.

Flu has overtaken covid in infections and hospitalizations during the winter respiratory virus season, and their virulence is ...

Severe weather is possible across parts of Texas on Friday afternoon and evening, with the primary threats being large hail, strong winds and heavy rainfall.

The research underscores growing concerns about how ultra-small plastic particles move through marine ecosystems and into foods people rely on.

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The nation’s northern region has led the scientific quest to understand the aurora borealis. This summer, a 10,000-antenna ...

This week’s potential display is a result of a burst of fast-moving solar wind escaping from a coronal hole on the sun’s ...

As spring approaches, Earth slips into one of the most aurora-friendly positions of the year ...

This year's gallery of winning images brings to attention a potpourri of mysterious, hidden sights and marine creatures that ...