Many science fiction authors try to incorporate scientific principles into their work, but Ian Tregillis, who is a contributing author of the Wild Cards book series when he's not working as a ...

New measurements show that the expansion rate of the universe is faster than can be explained by our current understanding of ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

"As yet, nobody has managed to understand what gives rise to this strange phenomenon, and explaining dark energy remains one ...

The project, called OpenUniverse, relied on the now-retired Theta supercomputer at the DOE’s (Department of Energy’s) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The supercomputer accomplished a process ...

Scientists have confirmed the space around us appears to be growing faster than physics can explain, based off precise ...

Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different item ...

The Universe, with its billions of galaxies, presents a complex structure that has intrigued scientists for decades. The question of whether this structure is fractal, meaning similar at all scales, ...

“He was very taken with the thought that no phenomenon becomes a true phenomena until it has been observed,” Wald told Salon ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

Joe Velaidum and his partner, Laura Kelly, set out to walk their dog when their doorbell camera captured a meteorite striking ...