Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

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The number of scientific papers that rely on AI has quadrupled, and the scope of problems AI can tackle is expanding by the ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

A team of astronomers say they've gleaned the mysterious structures of our galaxy's supermassive black hole by training an AI ...

Breathtaking stellar nurseries, a sprawling stretch of cosmos teeming with millions of galaxies, and thousands of newly ...

How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

Typically, Nobel Prize–winning research is referenced more than 1,000 times before the scientists who conducted that research win. These references, known as citations, are a proxy for ...

Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2014 (Credit: Getty Images) Adam Smith has spent 18 years recording the moments after the world's brightest minds receive a life-changing call ...

Some of the most brilliant minds in science will be catapulted from academic obscurity this week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, and medicine or physiology are announced. The honors ...

It's only been a few weeks since the Nobel Prizes were awarded for 2022. Here is a list of the illustrious Black men and women who made a big difference in the world through their contributions to ...