Researchers studied how the universe’s structure changed over time. They found that the universe is less clumpy than expected ...

Scientists have found an elusive third form of magnetism that could help solve a longstanding puzzle about superconductors.

Iron is one of the main elements found in the Earth's inner core, which is characterized by extremely high temperatures and ...

Seismic imaging has revealed two colossal regions deep within Earth’s mantle that could reshape our understanding of the ...

Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

A diagram illustrating how Hubble detects carbon in a circumgalactic medium. (NASA/ESA/A. Field) Every element interacts with light in a unique way, absorbing certain wavelengths, or colors, over ...

According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent ...

The theoretically predicted value for the shift allows the fine-structure constant to be measured ... and it's easiest via Feynman diagrams. "Two-loops" refers to the Feynman diagrams that ...

Space.com was on duty all year to bring you the major developments in the science of the universe's most fascinating entities: black holes. Our fascination with black holes is pretty ...

New York is the backdrop for famous holiday films such as “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Home Alone 2” and “Elf.” This year came a less felicitous kind when a video appeared of a woman ...