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

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 ...

While astronomers have taken about two dozen zoomed-in images of stars in our galaxy, unveiling their properties, countless other stars dwell within other galaxies, so far away that observing even one ...

In a new study published in Nature Physics, a research team led by Dominik Schneble, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of ...

A research team led by Dominik Schneble, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has uncovered a novel ...

What can young exoplanets teach us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

Richard B. Langley explains that there is more to it in developing a practical microprocessor-controlled GNSS antenna array, ...

In an article published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal, new evidence suggests how supermassive black holes, with ...

Experts in data analysis, statistics and machine learning for physics came together from 9 to 12 September for PHYSTAT’s ...