Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don't know, according to Ulf Danielsson, professor of theoretical physics at Uppsala University. Besides doing ...

Next year the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Independence Day — July 4 — will be a pretty big deal.

An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of ...

Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the universe’s ...

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

Did Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton make isolated discoveries, or did Islamic science contribute to their work on astronomy ...

Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than vice versa. A true Renaissance man, he also practiced as a mathematician, ...

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) is a California-based REIT that has made its name by sticking to coastal markets where demand for housing rarely lets up. That focus has worked in its favor, with ...

Simulated gluon field in the nucleus. When energy increases, the nucleus grows and its internal structure changes. A researcher Heikki Mäntysaari from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), has been ...

An international team of scientists has unveiled the Flagship 2 galaxy mock-up. No, it's not a cardboard diorama for a school science fair project, but is instead the most massive and detailed ...