Before the JWST images, Hubble’s observations of Cassiopeia A were revo­­lu­tionary. In photographs taken in 2006, Hubble improved on the resolution of ground-based observations by a factor ...

Two physics professors at the University at Albany are trying to create a new, legitimate scientific field studying UFOs.

Professional astronomers don't make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope.

For more than two decades, amateur photographer Dale Carter has been capturing images of the physicists who come to the Black ...

As the technologies we use become more quantum in nature, it follows that everyone should have a basic understanding of quantum physics. To explore how quantum physics can be taught to the masses, I ...

The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

Richard Crane, Arthur Ruhlig’s thesis advisor, with the University of Michigan accelerator used for experiments. Photo ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning new photos of Mercury's alien surface, from its icy craters to its sun-baked plains. On January 8, the spacecraft passed the tiny planet for the ...

Andresr/Getty Images A strange pattern running through the equations of physics may reveal something fundamental about the universe or could be a sign that human brains are biased to ignore more ...

Incredible new images of the sun's surface provide an unprecedented view of raging sunspots and solar activity. A new high-resolution camera system developed by the Leibniz Institute for ...

Princeton University professor John Hopfield has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.