NASA’s study of Bennu reveals why its rocky surface behaves like sand. The answer lies in cracks deep inside its boulders.

The great Walt Whitman is often attributed with the saying, “Be curious, not judgmental.” Whether or not he really uttered ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

Astronomers believe that there have been three generations of stars in the universe. The first, which are yet to be seen ...

He helped reshape modern string theory and won one of the world’s biggest science prizes. Yet Professor Ashoke Sen still ...

The last decade has seen vast improvements in humanoid robots, but graduating to widespread use might require going back to the fundamentals. “Not reliably,” Hurst said. “I don’t think it’s totally ...

When we want to weigh something, the process is simple. We place it on a weighing machine or on a traditional balance. The number appears and we insta.

More than a century before quantum mechanics was born, Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton stumbled onto an idea that would quietly foreshadow one of the deepest truths in physics. While ...

The lasers alone would cost around one trillion dollars and the technology to create a nanocraft does not yet exist.

A residential community installed special surveillance cameras in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. [Photo from Sina Weibo.] Chinese electronics giant Hisense Group says it has developed an advanced ...

A motorist filed a report to the American Meteor Society, claiming they witnessed a bright object falling overhead the night of January 16. The object was seen by multiple other residents as well, ...