Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once ...

Properties that remain unchanged when materials are stretched or bent, which are broadly referred to as topological ...

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, interacting very weakly with ordinary ...

The new year has arrived, and the Quadrantid meteor shower is coming in hot. Here’s how to see this often-spectacular shower ...

The Aurora Borealis is one of nature’s most captivating displays, but the forces behind it are even more remarkable. This ...

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.

Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is ...

Researchers have introduced an innovative two-step excitation approach that makes it possible to efficiently generate and clearly separate different modes of hyperbolic polaritons. An international co ...

Physicists are learning to treat light not as an untouchable beam that simply passes through matter, but as something that ...

In this James Webb telescope image, the gigantic molecular cloud near our galaxy's center appears as a canvas of pink and ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...