A new paper published in Nature Communications could put scientists on the path to understanding one of the wildest, hottest, ...

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A new breakthrough in gravitational wave research is challenging long-standing assumptions about how these signals behave.

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American space agency NASA readies the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for integration, launch could come as soon as next ...

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The dollars being committed to AI infrastructure are dizzying, as are the market cap increases for those companies spending ...

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...