A space elevator is something people have dreamed of for ages. An easy trip to and from space, without the expenses and waste ...

A new set of computer simulations may finally explain several long-standing mysteries surrounding gigantic radio "relics" ...

The elusive Higgs particle has the power to undo physics as we know it. The fact that it hasn't could have big implications about the nature of the universe. When you purchase through links on our ...

When your laboratory is a closed box, orbiting 250 miles above Earth on the International Space Station, it can be challenging to get a visual on what’s going inside the lab. That was a problem that ...

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. What does it take to launch into space? Other ...

George Musser’s new book finds resonances between the science of the latest wonder materials and string theory, quantum gravity, and the origins of space and time A new short volume by veteran science ...

Different parts of the universe could have different rates of expansion, potentially explaining the perpelexing "Hubble tension." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

(Nanowerk News) A new short volume by veteran science writer George Musser covers the concept of emergence in two domains of physics: the physics of materials (known as condensed matter) and the ...

A UK-wide consortium is developing technologies to use nanoparticles as state-of-the-art sensors on small, shoebox-sized satellites known as CubeSats. The Universities of Warwick, Swansea and ...

Harvard physics professor and author John E. Huth discussed his new book, “A Sense of Space,” which explores the interaction ...