Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died. He was 80.

OpenAI's Sora 2 video model now creates synchronized sound effects and dialogue, while an iOS app lets users insert themselves into AI-generated scenes through "cameos." ...

A growing list of dark star candidates could help explain why some early galaxies were so big, so early in the universe.

Astronomers hunting for evidence of the light from the first stars and galaxies have found that the universe was warm, rather than cold, before it "lit up." ...

Bloch oscillations are periodic oscillations of quantum particles in a repeating energy "landscape" (e.g., a crystal lattice) ...