It sounds like something from the plot of Interstellar, but this plan to beam precious data back to Earth—before it’s lost ...

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Our eyes can frequently play tricks on us, but scientists have discovered that some artificial intelligence can fall for the ...

For centuries, the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths, but now a slew of shocking findings suggest a far stranger idea from quantum theory could be a deeper dr ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

A dead star in our galactic neighborhood has produced a shimmering, ringed structure that looks uncannily like a cosmic ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

UI students and alumni share their journeys in writing and publishing. They reflect on challenges, breakthroughs and lessons they learned.

A distant black hole has just put on one of the brightest and most violent shows in the known universe, tearing apart a ...

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A newly discovered celestial object may be a starless cloud that could change how astronomers understand dark matter.

Strange cosmic objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are presently puzzling astronomers. The odd ...