Earth is fortunate in having a magnetic field: it protects the planet and its life from harmful cosmic radiation. Other ...

Scientists propose a groundbreaking experiment using quantum computers and atomic clocks to test whether gravity alters the ...

Black holes embody the ultimate abyss. They are the most powerful sources of gravity in the universe, capable of dramatically ...

Astronomers have constructed one of the most detailed images yet of Abell 3667, a giant galaxy cluster about 700 million ...

A new study published in the journal PRX Quantum demonstrates how a network of quantum computers employing optical clocks can probe gravitational effects on quantum systems.

Earth. The breakthrough boosts the search for life-supporting planets. "Are we alone?" This enduring question has fascinated ...

Earth will witness another shorter day on August 5 after having two such days in the past month. Human beings cannot do anything about it, but they could be on the receiving end of a catastrophe if ...

The shortest day of your life may come as soon as July 22 thanks to the Earth mysteriously speeding up. Now, NASA researchers may know why it's happening.

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have puzzled over whether the Earth’s magnetic field had already been generated stably ...