A shockwave caused by the galaxy NGC 7318b slamming into four other galaxies is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter." ...

"This discovery confirms that planets can be in a cohesive form within 3 million years, which was previously unclear as Earth ...

In an international study led by Western University and Lowell Observatory, scientists describe a pioneering, integrative ...

Out of the limelight, theoretical physicists continue to seek a mathematical model that can explain the universe's particles ...

In an underground lab in a mountainous region of Italy that contains the coldest temperatures known to exist in the universe, ...

Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift in cosmic terms - in a discovery that challenges the current understanding ...

The big names in physics to write for the volume include Martin Rees on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence across a century; Carlo Rovelli on scientific thinking across the centuries; and ...

When Maria Drout graduated from the University of Iowa in 2010 with a degree in physics and astronomy, she never could have expected that over a decade later, she’d be making an international name for ...

Researchers showed that quantum computing could enable moving devices, like drones, to coordinate efficiently by sharing quantum information, even without direct communication. A study from the Univer ...