Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole.

Stars, Scopes and Spacetime’ on campus, as an outreach initiative for school students. A combination of lectures, ...

Gravitational waves shake the very fabric of the universe when black holes collide. Today we measure these events and use them to understand the ...

The speed of light, c, is not just a very large number. In modern physics it is a structural constant: the conversion factor ...

If you think a galaxy is big, compare it to the size of the universe: it's just a tiny dot which, together with a huge number ...

The transverse Thomson effect is observed for the first time: current, heat, and magnetic fields generate controlled cooling ...

This is what fun looks like for a particular set of theoretical chemists driven to solve extremely difficult problems: Deciding whether the electromagnetic fields in molecular polaritons should be ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Scientific research was suppressed for decades in Maoist China, Stalin's Russia, and Nazi Germany. This seriously held back ...