NASA’s new PUNCH mission just opened its eyes to space, capturing its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere and the surrounding solar system. With four satellites now fully activated, scientists ...

Einstein imagined gravitational waves over a hundred years ago, but it wasn't until 2016 that technology finally caught up.

An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...

Astronomers may have found the strongest hint of life beyond Earth thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Penn researchers discovered how to make a richer cup of pour-over coffee using fewer beans by tapping into fluid dynamics. Through creative experiments using transparent particles, lasers, and ...

Researchers in optics and brain and cognitive science are investigating whether neurons can transmit light in a manner similar to fiber-optic communication channels. Neurons, specialized cells in the ...

Ancient housing data shows that wealth inequality often followed land monopolization but was sometimes curbed by inclusive ...

A fossil jawbone found off Taiwan has been confirmed as Denisovan using ancient protein analysis, revealing they lived in ...

Early humans likely used naturally sharp rocks before making their own tools, a new hypothesis suggests, potentially pushing ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

A research team at HZB has developed a clever technique to read quantum spin states in diamonds using electrical signals ...

Researchers in China have achieved a major leap in quantum photonics by generating a massive 60-mode entangled cluster state ...