Space weather can interfere with spaceflight and the operation of satellites, but the phenomenon is very difficult to study on Earth because of the difference in gravity. Researchers effectively ...

I thought America was out of ideas. I thought our best days were behind us. And then I saw the video of the newly built Sphere in Las Vegas set against Independence Day fireworks as “Viva Las Vegas” ...

Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the physics prize for their work on photon spheres — weird rings of light around black holes that may reveal a theory of quantum gravity. When you purchase ...

The Earth isn't perfectly round IT'S FLAT. Ok not really, but it isn't as perfectly round as you'd expect from lessons in primary school or glancing briefly at a globe, either. First of all, why are ...

Credit: University of Waterloo/Cover Images A team of physicists from the University of Waterloo have achieved what was once thought impossible: a ball rolling vertically down a wall, defying the ...

Solar flares and other types of space weather can wreak havoc with spaceflight and with telecommunications and other types of satellites orbiting the Earth. But, to date, scientists’ ability to ...