The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

For decades, astronomers have used distant supernovae as cosmic lighthouses to test fundamental physics and to measure the universe. For Joseph Farah, a fifth-year graduate student at UC Santa Barbara ...

When black holes collide, the crash generates ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves. These distortions travel far out into the universe, but by the time they reach Earth, they have ...

A Massachusetts judge has ruled that a father cannot pull his 5-year-old son out of kindergarten lessons that include books addressing "gender stereotypes." Last year, U.S. District Judge F. Dennis ...

Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, a scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth, have published new results from the Breakthrough ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Every few months, you likely notice something: people on Instagram calling for a ...

A newly detected gravitational wave, GW250114, is giving scientists their clearest look yet at a black hole collision—and a powerful way to test Einstein’s theory of gravity. Its clarity allowed ...

For those who watch gravitational waves roll in from the universe, GW250114 is a big one. It's the clearest gravitational wave signal from a binary black hole merger to date, and it gives researchers ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. – Retirement ceremonies were a steady backdrop in the early years of my career. As a young federal employee, I have attended more than I can count — each one following a familiar ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, is currently our best approximation ...