This is the Crab Pulsar, and within its radio pulses is a strange signal that has puzzled astronomers for years. Called the ...

"If you're using a counter, you have to define zero. You start counting at some point," physicist Marta Berholts from the ...

This dimple in space-time is the result of what we call a gravity well, and it was first described over 100 years ago by ...

When Albert Einstein introduced his theory of general relativity in 1915, it changed the way we viewed the universe. His ...

Five telescopes of the H.E.S.S.-collaboration in Namibia are used to study cosmic radiation, especially gamma radiation. With ...

Scientists have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emitting colossal amounts of energy, the origins ...

New research reports the most powerful cosmic rays ever detected. Because the rays lose energy as they travel through space, ...

More generally, studying particles from outer space often demands audacious proposals, especially ones that make use of the ...

Thanksgiving and real estate share an essential theme: the importance of home. It is traditionally a time of gratitude, ...

The greatest philosophers throughout history have been preoccupied with the profound and ageless dilemma of whether the God ...

A naturally occurring phenomenon, some see rainbows as symbols of love, while others see them as symbolic of new beginnings.

Cleaning out the lichen and other dirt in the cracks and restoring the sculpture took about two weeks over the summer, and in ...