The speed of light remains one of physics’ firmest assumptions, but scientists still test whether it ever shifts under ...

A two-mile-long scientific building in California is considered the world's longest and takes around 40 minutes to walk from ...

The universe is a cosmic web, woven from vast filaments that connect galaxies and clusters. Elena Pinetti explains how these ...

High above the Pacific, a Marine pilot pushes his aircraft beyond its limits in a desperate pursuit few thought possible. Engines strain, oxygen thins, and one wrong move means death. This gripping ...

A major Hayward fault quake could shake some Bay Area communities harder than expected because of the ground beneath them, ...

An unusual thermoelectric effect has been observed in the semiconductor tellurium by RIKEN physicists for the first time.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hawaii's Big Island, causing widespread shaking but no eruption or tsunami. Authorities confirmed the quake was due to tectonic activity, not volcanic processes.

Deep beneath the Pacific, one undersea fault has produced nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every few years for decades. Researchers now think strange, water-soaked barrier zones inside the ...

On 24 March 2026, the BASE collaboration sent 92 antiprotons on a test loop around CERN’s Meyrin site, achieving the first ...

One Redditor got a big surprise this week, when they checked their rooftop solar app and saw it break physics by making over ...

The day when a quantum computer can crack commonly used forms of encryption is drawing closer. The world isn’t prepared, ...

One of the most fantastical claims SpaceX is making during the countdown to its IPO is that it is helping create one of the ...