Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has been wrong for decades. The shock result is reigniting the search for a better cosmic story ...

Converting wave motion into electricity holds enormous potential as a renewable energy source, but a lack of standardized prototyping is holding back technological development. A research team led by ...

Planetesimals are among the first solid bodies to form as dust and pebble-sized material clumps together under gravity. Much like snowflakes compressed into a snowball, they are loose aggregates ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

Potomac, Maryland, native Christopher Williams is one of the seven astronauts and cosmonauts currently aboard the ...

Your weight doesn't change because of gravity but because the floor pushes back. Physicists explain why elevators briefly ...

Scientists have pulled off a feat long considered out of reach: getting light to mimic the famous quantum Hall effect. In their experiment, photons drift sideways in perfectly defined, quantized steps ...

Most caves take millions of years to form through water slowly dissolving limestone, but Wonder World Cave in San Marcos ...

A closer look at the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model, its core components, supporting evidence, and why new observations are ...

After reviewing the Penn State's grants database at The Inquirer’s request, a spokesperson confirmed that Epstein’s name appeared on paperwork related to a gift the university received.

Throughout March, the Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland will be offering families hands-on activities that demonstrate how mathematics applies to basketball and space exploration. The ...

They can leap from a surface on their own. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as when a surface repels water or when heat is involved, such as a water or oil droplet skittering across a ...