Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

In the vast expanse of the ocean, a streak of white light pierces the sky. It’s not a natural phenomenon, but a weapon — a ...

Scientists in Florence have built a device that allows them to study quantum and classical physics side by side. Using ...

The Tetrahedron Constellation Gravitational Wave Observatory would consist of four satellites positioned in space ...

Sailing has been a mainstay of human history for millennia, so it's no surprise that scientists would apply it to traveling ...

A glow-in-the-dark event returned to the Science Museum of Virginia this weekend, offering participants several illuminating and educational opportunities.

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Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new, unsupervised machine learning approach to find new patterns in the auxiliary channel data of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...

Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.