Humanity is reaching the threshold of adulthood. It is time to grow up and go out — beyond the cradle and into the cosmos.

Einstein Probe's Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) detected a burst of low-energy X-rays. Astronomers call such X-rays "soft," even though they are still far more energetic than visible or ultraviolet ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

In July 1969, four faculty members traveled from College Park to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide last-minute ...

In the 1940s in Guatemala, U.S. physicians experimented on patients with psychiatric disorders without their consent. Credit: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues ...

Scientists at the institution showed through an innovative quantum experiment that light appears to emerge from a material before entering, overturning several decades of prevailing ideas about ...

This experiment is a new iteration of the famous 1952 work by Stanley Miller, a 22-year-old American chemist who demonstrated that the basic building blocks of life could be easily created in a ...

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Certain 2024 election results in California took many by surprise. The Golden State's residents, for example, rejected another term for progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George ...