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 ...

Mauve, the world’s first commercial space science satellite, has successfully achieved ‘first light’, returning data to scientists about the universe for the first time.

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 each month. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that ...

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 ...

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.

One third of the galaxy’s entire stellar output is locked away in just a few dense balls of stars. The rest is just a thin, cold “field” of stars barely clinging to existence. It is, for all intents ...

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 ...

Researchers found that bursting bubbles can launch centimeter-wide water puddles into the air, a mechanism that could enable ...