In recent years, many physicists worldwide have introduced atomic clocks, systems to measure the passing of time that are based on quantum states of atoms. These clocks can have numerous valuable applications, for instance in the development of satellite and …

Astronomers celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope by releasing a photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, located approximately 960 light-years away. Hubble was dep…

The origins of these powerful objects have been a mystery since their discovery in the 1950s.

New observations of the rock show its comet-like tail is not made of dust, possibly altering the origin story of the Geminid meteor shower.

When one thinks of the damage that climate change is doing, it’s probable that what comes to mind is a vision of huge lumps of ice dropping off one of the polar ice sheets and crashing into the ocean. While Greenland and Antarctica are losing masses of ice, s…

Whatever flashed through the sky over Japan wasn’t a bird or a plane… could it have been a meteor? NASA satellite data had the answer.

Great white sharks are one of the most famous sea creatures, yet a key detail about their lives remains a mystery.

The study has uncovered new “Common Patterns” present in various pathogens and revealed the strategy used by host cells to detect such pathogenic signatures.

There seem to be many differences between Earth, the third planet from the sun, and its next-door neighbor Mars, the fourth, as a new study based on...

The great white shark is one of the most infamous ocean-dwellers on the planet and now, researchers are on the verge of discovering where they mate in the At...

These tall featureless trunks, which have been found as fossils all over the world, are now strongly believed to be mushrooms.

Apple's mixed-reality headset is now in the "final sprint" and "supply chain delivery stage," Taiwan's Economic Daily News...

Lancaster physicist Dr Chris Arridge has helped to develop instrumentation on board the European Space Agency’s rocket heading to Jupiter.The JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) mission was on board the Ariane 5 spacecraft launched from the ESA’s space

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Scientists have discovered quasars - the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe - to be ignited by collision of galaxies. Quasars can shine as brightly as a trillion stars packed into a volum…

Solar cells made from organic semiconductors may enable cheap and renewable electricity generation.

Astrophysicists have been trying to understand the formation of cosmological objects and phenomena in the universe for decades. Past theoretical studies suggest that quantum fluctuations in the early universe, known as primordial quantum diffusion, could have…

Long-term research on chimpanzees offers new clues to the puzzle of personality. A recent study reveals that male chimpanzees with aggressive, bullying personalities attain higher social status and greater reproductive success. Researchers believe that factor…

The Saildrone Surveyor mission discovered the unnamed, 3,200-foot-tall formation in February while mapping the seafloor off the coast of California.

China's first Mars rover, Zhurong, has still been in dormant mode since it encountered a dust storm on the surface of the planet in May last year. A Chinese scientist said the rover will automatically power on when two conditions are met at the same time.

Score one for the core accretion theory.

To celebrate the 33rd anniversary of one of humanity’s most remarkable scientific achievements, here are some of Hubble’s most impressive photos.

Smartphones could one day become portable quantum sensors thanks to a new chip-scale approach that uses organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to image magnetic fields.

China will start building relay satellites that by 2030 will act as a communication bridge between missions to the Moon and beyond, and ground operations on Earth, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. A pilot of the satellite constellation will support …

In a classic heterogeneous palladium catalyst, less than 1% of metal does 99% of catalytic work

Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars – the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe – by discovering that they are ignited by galaxies colliding. First discovered 60 years ago, quasars can shine as brightly as a trillion st…