Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...

An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, ...

Different atoms and ions possess characteristic energy levels. Like a fingerprint, they are unique for each species. Among ...

The center of the Earth might not be the rigid ball of solid iron scientists once imagined, new research says it’s softer.

Under extreme planetary conditions, water turns into a strange, electricity-conducting solid hidden deep inside giant planets.

Gold has long been regarded as one of the most chemically inert elements, a stable constant in both scientific ...

“EXPERIENCE has shown,” Dr. Hume-Rothery cautiously remarks, as though introducing a statement which would arouse incredulity, “that students of metallurgy are greatly interested in the new ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

Physicists have unveiled a new way to simulate a mysterious form of dark matter that can collide with itself but not with ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Tiny crystals in river sand challenge the idea that glaciers moved Stonehenge’s stones and point instead to human transport.