The giant confinement building encapsulating the Chornobyl nuclear reactor that exploded nearly 40 years ago is smooth and curved—built with scientific precision. Installed in 2016, the structure was ...

The Oct. 30 incident saw the plane rapidly lose altitude and sent at least 15 to 20 people to the hospital. Getty; Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty A space and radiation expert claims a ...

Space is packed with all sorts of weird and unexpected stuff, but this humongous, spinning string-thing raises a whole new set of questions. Reading time 3 minutes Composite image showing the massive ...

Black mold discovered inside at the site of the infamous reactor meltdown in 1986 appears to use ionizing radiation as an energy source. James Spicer pose in front of the door to the simulated Martian ...

Douglas Scott is professor of physics and astronomy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He collaborated with George Smoot at Berkeley. Joseph Silk is professor of physics at ...

From fiery meteors to silent comets, these wanderers remind us how small our world is in the vastness of the universe. When scientists discover something from beyond our Solar System, it feels like a ...

Topps Chrome is always one of the standout releases of the hobby calendar, and the recent addition of MVP buybacks has only added to that. A spinoff brand launched a few years ago called Cosmic, and ...

The popular consensus among scientists is that the universe will continue expanding until the bitter end. A team of researchers is now pumping the brakes on that idea. A new theory promises to ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found. When you purchase ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a Nobel Prize. By Katrina Miller George F. Smoot, an American physicist and ...

Scientists may have finally uncovered the mystery behind ultra-high-energy cosmic rays — the most powerful particles known in the universe. A team from NTNU suggests that colossal winds from ...