New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic ...

For millions of years, a fragment of ice and dust drifted between the stars—like a sealed bottle cast into the cosmic ocean.

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

In the 30 years since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, more than 6,000 planets outside our Solar System have been catalogued. Two modern-day explorers explain how.

Hale-Bopp became known as the "great comet" after the previous "great comet of 1811". That comet was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days, and was the record-holder until Hale-Bopp came into ...