Atomic nuclei exhibit multiple energy scales simultaneously—ranging from hundreds down to fractions of a megaelectronvolt. A new study demonstrates that these drastically different scales can be ...

Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random ...

Cracks in the universe refers to cosmic strings, which are hypothetical topological defects theorized to have formed during ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

An international team of astronomers has captured the most detailed image ever of a cosmic filament, a vast structure of gas ...

Explore how new research suggests that intelligent life may emerge naturally under favorable conditions over time.

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

In the quantum realm, the past, present, and future blur into a boundless structure. But consciousness may operate on a plane ...

After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...

Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...