Physicists are increasingly entertaining a radical possibility: our familiar universe of three dimensions of space and one of ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

These space-themed cartoons are fun to watch with your kids, and they feature real-life space science and concepts in varying ...

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Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

The Standard Model of our universe doesn’t match the evidence, in part because of dark energy, a ghostly force pushing the ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

A crop of asteroids discovered by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is wowing astronomers, with one of the space rocks ...

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BEIJING -- A novel experiment on the fundamental science of lithium-ion batteries has been carried out aboard China's ...