Physics

An asteroid hurtling toward Earth could be deflected without a spacecraft ever touching it. The trick is using X-rays to […]

At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people

Cancer-busting particle beams have been caught in the act. Particle beams can provide a blast of destructive energy directly to

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted

It’s the rarest particle decay ever discovered. Scientists have clinched the case for a special type of decay of subatomic

To fuel the insatiable energy appetite of artificial intelligence, tech companies are going big on small nuclear reactors.  Last week,

Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer and has been fascinated by them since he was

As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The

Stitching is getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment with mice, a new strong and flexible thread accelerated wound healing

A hypothetical “fifth force” could attract asteroids, if it exists. But asteroid Bennu shows no signs that its orbit has