For decades, black holes have stood as the most enigmatic objects in the universe, defying our understanding of space, time, ...

Far beyond the reach of any probe, astronomers have found a gas giant whose atmosphere behaves less like a familiar planet and more like a special effect from a big-budget space epic. Orbiting a ...

A Christmas Tree-shaped star cluster inside NGC 2264 reveals active star formation 2,700 light-years from Earth.

In recent years, heat has stopped being just a number on a thermometer and has become something we can literally see at the atomic scale. In 2025, an ...

Excitons are pairs of bound negatively charged electrons and positively charged holes that form in semiconductors, enabling ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

University of Illinois researchers 3D print flat carbon-fiber structures that morph into curved satellite components in space.