Cosmic radio pulses repeating every few minutes or hours, known as long-period transients, have puzzled astronomers since ...

Using the world's most powerful particle accelerator, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, scientists have discovered that the ...

Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

"When Arp 220 is observed as a whole, it's one of the best places in the universe for astronomers to study how gravity, star ...

Warhammer 40k is full of extreme worlds, from lava planets to frozen death worlds, but real physics is far less forgiving. In this video planetary scientists break down famous Warhammer planets and ...

From donating surplus laboratory equipment to collaborating on research papers, Pitt professors are working with Ukrainian scholars in disciplines ranging from quantum physics to post-war ...

The space physicist Michele Dougherty has stepped aside as president of the Institute of Physics, which publishes Physics World. The move was taken to avoid any conflicts of interest given her ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

Ferris State University physics and astronomy professor Dinesh Shetty and student Francisco Vasquez have reached a milestone ...

This shifts our entire perspective on what makes a planet “Earth-like.” Nature is far more creative than our own solar system suggests. The universe might be teeming with “magma-shielded” worlds that ...

The interactive tool below benchmarks physics and astronomy programs nationwide by faculty size and the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded. This allows departments and administrators to see where ...

Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 ...