Werner Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle describes one of the most intriguing features of quantum physics: certain pairs of physical quantities describing a particle, such as position and ...

Everything around us, from atoms and molecules to planets and galaxies, is governed by two extraordinarily successful ...

Researchers have proposed an unorthodox way to shield our planet from the constant barrage of solar storms — launching a giant satellite “airbag” into space to mitigate their worst effects. This ...

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space ...

High-Luminosity LHC upgrade work has begun at CERN after the Large Hadron Collider logged its final collision on June 27, 2026, entering a four-year, $1.5 billion Long Shutdown 3 program to replace 1.

Theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein talks about her family’s tradition of activism and how her identity and life’s ...

It’s sometimes easy to overlook the fact that the International Space Station (ISS) is a giant lab where scientists study ...

When Andreas Albrecht was a grad student at the University of Pennsylvania, he was looking for an advisor in particle physics ...

The International Space Station is now home to an even more capable quantum laboratory, where NASA cools atoms to nearly ...

Astronomers have revisited data from a dramatic collision of neutron stars to help resolve the infamous ‘Hubble tension’.

For over a century, scientists have thought of time as a fundamental property of the universe. But the more researchers seek ...

One of the Lone Star State's most elite institutions is once again recognized as one of the best in the world. The University ...