MIT scientists have snapped the first-ever images of individual atoms interacting freely in space, making visible the elusive ...

This new experiment zeroed in on bosons, particles that tend to cluster and act like waves — a property predicted over a ...

Astronomers are unraveling the mystery behind Ansky, a black hole system emitting powerful, repeating X-ray bursts called ...

A new study finds cold plunges don’t help women recover from workouts, challenging the science behind a trend dominating ...

In the quest toward finding the correct theory of quantum gravity, physicists have been testing the holographic principle which, they say, is a key property of any valid theory of quantum gravity.

Chirality—the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image—has long captivated scientists across biology, ...

Quantum ideas describe particles and fields in tiny packages, but general relativity paints gravity as smooth curves in space‑time. Until now.

In a bold step toward solving one of science’s most puzzling problems, researchers have proposed a new way to bring gravity ...

S cientists now have a new approach to study never-before-seen quantum phenomena. Physicists from the Massachusetts Institute ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, physicists have for the first time observed individual free-range atoms interacting in free ...

Physicists have used a novel technique to observe individual atoms interacting in free space for the first time ever. The new ...

Astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other missions.