Einstein's Quest to 'Know God's Thoughts' Could Take Millennia By Don Lincoln Unifying all the forces and particles would require a particle accelerator far more powerful than humans have ever built.
Physicists Search for Monstrous Higgs Particle. It Could Seal the Fate of the Universe. By Paul Sutter Without the Higgs, the Standard Model of particle physics comes crashing down.
Rising Milky Way Shines Bright in Portugal's Darkest Skies (Video) By Miguel Claro When observed from the darkest of skies, the Milky Way galaxy can glitter and gleam with all the colors of the rainbow.
The Tell-Tale Clue to How Meteorites Were Made, At the Birth of the Solar System By William Herbst and James Greenwood April 26, 1803 was an unusual day in the small town of L'Aigle in Normandy, France — it rained rocks.
Here's Your Chance to Name an Alien Planet! By Hanneke Weitering There's a whole universe of nameless stars and exoplanets beyond our solar system, and now space fans around the world will have a chance to help name these objects.
Can Physicists Really Save Schrödinger’s Cat? By Isobel Whitcomb Whether the cat lives or dies isn't as unpredictable as scientists assumed.
Red Dwarfs: The Most Common and Longest-Lived Stars By Nola Taylor Redd Most of the star nearest to Earth are red dwarfs, but they are too dim to be seen with the naked eye.
A Weird 'Radio Bridge' 10 Million-Light Years Long Links Colliding Galaxy Clusters By Meghan Bartels Astronomers have spotted a ridge of radio emissions 10 million light-years long joining two galaxy clusters that are slowly colliding with each other.
'Space Racers' Contest Brings Grandparents' Apollo Memories to Kids By Elizabeth Howell The company behind "Space Racers," a TV series for preschoolers, has opened a contest inviting grandparents to share their moon-landing memories with their grandchildren — and the public.
What Is the Black Hole Information Paradox? By Paul Sutter The universe really likes its information — but black holes pose a huge paradox physicists can't yet solve.
How Astronomy Helped Turn the Tide for the Allies on D-Day By Mike Wall D-Day's planners employed a solid knowledge of moon phases and tides to give the famous invasion the best chance for success 75 years ago today (June 6).
Telescope Spots Double-Asteroid System During Close Flyby of Earth By Passant Rabie A recent close encounter with a large asteroid and its little moon was captured by a telescope as the pair zipped past Earth at 43,500 mph (70,000 kilometers per hour) on May 25.
Why Mars Lightning Is Weak and Rare By Charles Q. Choi If lightning exists on Mars, it may be less energetic and frequent than lightning on Earth, all because of the Red Planet's thin air, a new study finds.
Ancient Galaxy in the 'Sea Serpent' Has More Dark Matter Than Expected By Doris Elin Salazar X-ray observations of a peculiar galaxy deep within the constellation Hydra (the Sea Serpent) have revealed more dark matter at its core than expected.
Hack-a-Mole! This Is How NASA Hopes to Get a Heat Probe Digging on Mars Again By Mike Wall The handlers of NASA's InSight Mars lander plan will lift the support structure of the burrowing 'mole' out of the way so they can get a better look at the stuck instrument.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe May Solve 500-Year-Old Sun Mystery By Elizabeth Howell NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on its way to another close encounter with the sun, where investigators hope the spacecraft will solve a long-standing solar mystery.
The Milky Way's Monster Black Hole Has a Cool Gas Halo — Literally By Charles Q. Choi For the first time, astronomers may have imaged the cool disk of gas surrounding the gigantic black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, a new study finds.
Physicist Lee Smolin On Einstein's Unfinished Revolution in Quantum Physics: Author Q&A By Marcus Banks Quantum mechanics is settled science. Case closed, and thank you very much — or so many would argue.
Five Ethical Questions for How We Choose to Use the Moon By Evie Kendal The moon has always served as an inspiration for humanity, and there are many potential benefits for further exploration of our planet's rocky satellite.
Astronomy Group Says Starlink and Other Satellite Constellations Could Threaten Science By Meghan Bartels The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is voicing concerns about the risk Starlink and other planned massive satellite constellations in low Earth orbit pose to astronomy.
