New event-horizon-telescope (EHT) images of M87* reveal unexpected flips in polarized light between 2017 and 2021, showing that magnetic fields near the black hole are dynamic and evolving. • For the ...

It sounds like a strange question, but to biologists it makes all the sense in the world. Yeast cells tip the scales at about ...

Katherine Bourzac is a science journalist based in San Francisco. Her coverage of microbiology, physics, chemistry and the environment has appeared in Nature, Scientific American and MIT ...

The first-ever detection of gravitational waves was made 10 years ago today (Sept. 14). In celebration, Space.com takes you ...

On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled ...

Could TRAPPIST-1e hold life? Webb observations show the planet may retain an atmosphere 40 light-years from Earth.

Amid the fierce technological war between major powers, an unprecedented race is underway to develop quantum computing technologies, considered the next revolution in computing. By relying on ...

On January 14, 2025, a gravitational wave dubbed GW250114 reached Earth. Like its predecessor, GW150914, it came from a pair ...

The first gravitational wave detection in 2015 confirmed Einstein’s century-old prediction that massive accelerating objects, ...

Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever ...

Super-cooling radioactive atoms could create a laser-like neutrino beam, potentially opening a new avenue for studying these elusive particles and even enabling novel forms of communication. Every ...