Understanding the fundamental principles of physics plays a vital role in various aspects of our lives. One such principle is the ability to calculate mass when given force and acceleration. In this ...
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Why is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? This is one of the most exciting yet unresolved questions in modern ...
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...
Rescuers are searching for survivors after a quake killed dozens in the Philippines. In Indonesia, dozens of students are missing after their school collapsed during prayer service Monday. Trump Says ...
How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...
In the UMass game, Ahmad Hardy made that comment sound less like bravado and more like routine. On his third touchdown that ...
Manila, Philippines — At least 69 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit a central Philippine province Tuesday night. The magnitude-6.9 quake hit at about 10 p.m. and trapped an ...
The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 5:46 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will stand 251,996 miles (405,548 km) away. With the Moon sinking low in the hours ...
Look to Scorpius this evening, where the asteroid 4 Vesta floats near the globular cluster M80 close to the Scorpion’s claws. Viewing is best looking southwest starting around 30–60 minutes after ...
Many layers: knife sharpness and cutting technique greatly affect the speed of droplets that are created when cutting an onion (courtesy: Zixuan Wu and Sunghwan “Sunny” Jung at Cornell University) ...
On Tuesday 7 October the winner(s) of the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics will be announced. The process of choosing the winners is highly secretive, so looking for hints about who will be this year’s ...