Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, hides one of the oldest puzzles in physics: what really happens to the ...

Researchers think a mysterious signal, dubbed GW190521, could have arrived from a parallel universe after passing through a wormhole.

A research team in South Korea has developed a next-generation sensor material capable of integrating the detection of multiple light wavelengths.

Artificial intelligence has dazzled the world with its ability to create pictures, words, and even music from scratch. But behind the magic lies a hidden cost. Training and running today’s most ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's most enormous star-forming cloud.

UC Riverside has developed a technology that enables scientists to peer deeper into the universe. Gravitational-wave science is on the verge of a major step forward, thanks to a new instrumentation ...

Bubbles merging in water can spontaneously generate electric sparks powerful enough to ignite methane, which could explain mysterious flashes of light known as will-o’-the-wisps. In bogs, swamps and ...

A new show reintroduces Norman Zammitt, the 1960s Light and Space pioneer whose radiant color fields pushed perception to its limits.

A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), its beautiful images highlighting the intensity ...

DENVER — There will be a few more clouds on the Front Range Sunday but the temperatures should still make it to 80 degrees in most places. An isolated shower will be possible in the Denver metro area ...

Make sure to have the umbrella. It's a mild and cloudy start to the day with rain on radar. Temperatures this afternoon will be in the upper 70s, low 80s. Rain chance: 70% — gusty winds and flooding ...