SCIENCE

For the first ~3 billion years of cosmic history, the star-formation rate rose and rose until reaching a peak, but has…

This illustration shows the Parker Solar Probe approaching perihelion: its closest approach to the Sun. It will achieve its closest approach…

A region of space devoid of matter in our galaxy reveals the Universe beyond, where every point visible here is a…

This view of the inside of the ATLAS detector, taken when it was not operational, showcases the largest, most massive particle…

While we conventionally think of quantum physics as bringing an inherent uncertainty and “quantum-ness” to the particles that exist in our…

This illustration shows how black hole jets can be as large as the scale of the cosmic web itself, with Porphyrion,…

The Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics holds that there are an infinite number of parallel universes that exist, holding all…

This graph shows the historical tropical cyclone frequency as a function of day of the year, with all tropical cyclones shown…

This photometrically derived image of galaxy JADES-GS-z13-1-LA, as acquired with a variety of JWST NIRCam photometric filters, showcases a bright galaxy…

There are many sights in Earth’s night sky that have been witnessed by humans that don’t have a clear and compelling…