Faint hydrogen signals from the cosmic Dark Ages may soon help determine the mass of dark matter particles. Simulations suggest future Moon-based observatories could distinguish between warm and cold ...

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Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf ...

Ten years ago, astronomers made history when they first detected ripples in spacetime, called gravitational waves, from the ...

The governor announced a new quantum research center at the University of Maryland, yet another investment in the technology this year.

For scientists, learning more about how black holes behave is essential to understanding how the universe works. A recent ...

The College of Natural Sciences welcomed more than a dozen new tenured and tenure-track faculty members in 2025.

A massive 340-meter asteroid named Apophis — also known as the “God of Chaos” — will make an epic flyby of Earth on April 13, ...

The first law of thermodynamics is one of the bedrock laws of physics. Even if you’re not gung-ho for physics research, you ...

NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic ...

A new era in science is emerging, one that returns the study of the mind to the center of the conversation for psychology, ...

Xbox games are more than just fun; they can actually teach you things. Some games can actually teach you skills you can use in the real world. Turn your Xbox into a way to learn by improving how you ...