In 1945, as the first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert, Enrico Fermi stood miles away, holding a few scraps of ...

New data suggests the traditional assumptions behind hail stow modelling may be underestimating the likelihood of damage to a ...

Most explanations rely on "dark energy" to explain the Universe's accelerating expansion rate, but a new study takes a different path.

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Such projects are often fun for students and teachers. Teachers are often intrigued and amazed by students’ ideas and ...

Virtual particles exploit the natural fuzziness of the subatomic world, where if these ephemeral particles live briefly enough, they can also briefly borrow their energy from empty space. The haziness ...

As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...

Unifying gravity and quantum theory remains a significant goal in modern physics. Despite the success in unifying all other ...