Using gold flakes, salt water, and light, scientists have made the universe’s invisible binding forces visible in color. The ...

There's a reason why blacksmiths fire metals before hammering them. Heat always softens metal, making it more malleable and easier to reshape. Or does it? In a surprising new study, Northwestern ...

Harnessing the power of the sun holds the promise of providing future societies with energy abundance. To make this a reality, fusion researchers need to address many technological challenges. For ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

Scientists say an ultra-powerful neutrino once thought impossible may be explained by an exotic black hole model involving a so-called “dark charge.” ...

The artificial intelligence buildout has become one of the most capital intensive projects in modern history, and the strain is now visible far beyond Silicon Valley. A $700 billion wave of investment ...

One of the supernovas' light will arrive in another 60 years, while the other's will arrive in 1 to 2 years.

A neutrino slammed into Earth in 2023 with so much energy that it looked almost unreal. The particle carried about 220 ...

AI agents are having consciousness debates on Moltbook without us. What this Reddit for AI reveals about human-AI collaboration's future.

On HMMT Feb 25, a rigorous reasoning benchmark, Qwen3-Max-Thinking scored 98.0, edging out Gemini 3 Pro (97.5) and significantly leading DeepSeek V3.2 (92.5).

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees? That last item is a possibility, according to a viral post on X from ...