The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

A novel theoretical model based on universal expansion and star formation suggests that our universe might not have the ...

The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming ...

These jabs work by providing an instruction to the patient’s cells to churn out a particular protein that acts as a flag for ...

"It was also a way to convince people of my generation, my peers, to take on difficult projects, outside of their comfort ...

Will fusion as an energy source finally become an everyday, commercial reality in the next decade or so—or not come to ...

If another gravity theory is correct, "then the broader implications are enormous," astrophysicist Stacy McGaugh told ...

This physicist and self-described “plasma guy” (and former head of Argonne National Laboratory) delves into whether can ...

Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of the greatest scientific mysteries. Solving it involves testing the fundamental ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

In perhaps the most widely repeated story in all of science, Newton is said to have ... were inextricably linked and paving the way for electric generators and devices. Light is the fastest thing in ...

Researchers have taken direct images of the Wigner molecular crystal, a new quantum phase of an electron solid. The ...