Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing ...

Faculty of Physics, together with colleagues from Poland and other countries, have identified an exoplanet—a gas giant ...

He developed technologies that helped pave the way for the Global Positioning System and made foundational discoveries that ...

Study opens new possibilities for progress in astrophysics and quantum technology. In a study that closes a long-standing gap ...

A force that couples electrons and neutrons could be an addition to the Standard Model, and a new study places an upper limit ...

In a supercooled lab setting, a tiny crystal has quietly flipped a half-century-old assumption on its head. Scientists at Rice University have reported the first direct observation of a long-predicted ...

Astronomers have smashed the record for the largest-known cloud of energetic particles discovered surrounding a galactic ...

This is the first time an object in its class has been detected in X-rays. The discovery could lead to a better understanding ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance ...

A new biography of Luis Alvarez captures the details but misses the drama in the career of a scientist whose work ranged from ...

New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.