Astronomers have employed the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) to observe a mysterious gamma-ray emitting source designated HESS J1857+026. Results of the ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have contributed to new insights into the most long-lived cosmic explosion ever recorded. The event was a gamma-ray burst that remained ...

It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what kind of black hole is the culprit? Normally, so-called “gamma ray bursts,” sudden flashes of extremely ...

Marvel's Ultimates have arrived, but not all of them are as ready to save the world as their fellow newly recruited ...

Particle and nuclear physics evokes evokes images of huge accelerators probing the extremes of matter. But in this round-up ...

Fusion power has long been sold as the technology that could light our cities with the same process that powers the stars.

The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years, but now it’s due for a ...

For a man who claimed he couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, Stanisław Lem’s writings contain remarkable musical visions – and ...

The rayograph has been long admired but largely misunderstood. This important retrospective gives Man Ray’s eponymous ...

A new alloy combines the best of the refractory metals with cutting-edge engineering. Even these extremely tough metals can ...

By engaging with art imaginatively, we can encounter that deeper reality that the Surrealists have always sought in their artwork.