Black holes are among the most feared objects in the universe. These huge concentrations of tightly–packed matter, with a gravitational pull too strong for light to escape, can gobble up entire ...

We obviously can’t put the universe on a giant set of scales, but scientists have found astonishingly clever ways to […] ...

Scientists spotted an enormous black hole in the early universe that's growing at 2.4 times the theoretical Eddington limit. Studying it further could help answer one of the biggest questions in ...

Harbaji, W. and Abdulai, A. (2025) Factors Influencing Schoolchildren’s Obesity: A Qualitative Document Analysis of ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...

The merger of two black holes can set off vibrations in the resulting black hole. RIKEN researchers have analyzed these ...

Unraveling the cosmic symphony of gravitational waves, from the 'Music of the Spheres' to moon-based detectors.

The vast evolutionary history of the brain, from the very first nerve cells to the modern human cerebrum, is covered in a sweeping two-part BBC series presented by Jim Al-Khalili, a renowned science ...

Months after eliminating a popular challenge to its rule in Hong Kong, China is turning to an even higher-stakes target: self-governing Taiwan. The island has been bracing for conflict with China for ...

Scientists from Skoltech created a mathematical model and conducted an analysis, the results of which showed that the human brain works better with seven senses compared to using five of them. This is ...