Stunning new photographs taken by Wellesley College astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have unveiled a newly ...

When it comes to particle physics, however, much of the action takes place in giant accelerators smashing particles together ...

Just how long has the universe been around? Scientists estimate the universe is 13.8 billion years old, with an uncertainty ...

Quickly moving primordial black holes might leave tiny holes in regular matter as they tunnel through, leaving traces we ...

The cosmos began expanding with the Big Bang but then around 10 billion years later it strangely began to accelerate thanks ...

At the bottom of the chart are the fundamental particles—quarks, bosons (eg Higgs, w +, w -, z ), protons, neutrons, ...

Metrology, the branch of science dedicated to measurement, has created better and better systems of measurement for the kilogram based on fundamental principles rather than arbitrary chunks of metal ...

What is the universe expanding into if it’s already infinite? The universe expands by itself, not into any external space, ...

More than a decade ago, dark matter experts Daniel Akerib and Thomas Shutt joined the Department of Energy's SLAC National ...

When you bake a loaf of bread or a batch of muffins, you put the dough into a pan. As the dough bakes in the oven, it expands ...

Cynthia Erivo felt a "huge responsibility" to give a perfect performance of 'Defying Gravity' in 'Wicked'. The 37-year-old star finishes the first instalment of the two-part musical adaptation with a ...