A laser hit the tiny black cube, and it lurched forward almost at once. That split-second jump, caught during a zero-gravity ...

During a parabolic flight over Europe, a small slab of graphene aerogel floated in near-weightlessness while a laboratory ...

The latest dark matter experiment kicks off this week, as physicists aim to identify the universe's most enigmatic particles. Reading time 2 minutes Long tubes, strong magnets, and bright lasers. Is ...

You can gaze upward at night to see a veritable ocean of stars, but the visible parts of the universe are just a fraction of the total. The rest, we think, is dark matter and dark energy, which are by ...

Radiative shocks are a class of shock waves in which the transport and deposition of radiation play a central role in modulating the shock’s structure and dynamics. These phenomena are not only ...

People keep searching for “burning laser hacks,” but that’s a fast way to get hurt or start a fire. This video breaks down why these hacks are risky and what makes lasers dangerous even when they look ...

The properties of dense helium (He) — which happens to be a principal constituent of giant gas planets like Jupiter — at thermodynamic conditions between those of condensed matter and high-temperature ...