A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

For decades, scientists have believed that planetary systems typically form with rocky planets close to their star and gas-rich planets farther away. This discovery questions their knowledge.

Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

The most frustrating limitation in AI video generation has always been duration. Generate a stunning 5-second clip that perfectly captures your vision, and then... it ends. You need more. The story ...

Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) are gaining traction as a next-generation technology to complement the widely used lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). NIBs offer clear advantages versus LIBs in terms of ...

All of the sports at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortino involve some physics in action. For figure skating, ski jumping and curling, two of the basic laws of the physics of motion are at play: ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

It’s unclear whether science as a discipline—and scientists as people—will ever be able to answer some questions definitively ...

Even when temperatures drop below zero degrees Fahrenheit in the frigid Antarctic, emperor penguins can stay toasty warm. The ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...

Were Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates robbed of a gold medal? Former Olympian Jeremy Bloom wants to use AI to help end ...