Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 appointed four new University Professors last Wednesday, Harvard’s highest faculty distinction.

Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don't know, according to Ulf Danielsson, professor of theoretical physics at Uppsala University. Besides doing ...

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

Whenever someone talks about black holes, they almost always talk about the event horizon and the singularity. After all, that's what defines a black hole, right? Well, it depends on what you mean by ...

A question that has vexed physicists for the past century may finally have a solution – but perhaps not the one everyone was ...

Moscow was thrown into chaos after glowing green lights lit up the night sky, leaving residents terrified and social media ...

A new study investigates strange bursts of light captured in old astronomical photos, suggesting they may link to both UFO sightings and Cold War nuclear testing.

Big Pink stands in a part of Multnomah County with lots of overlapping tax levies, including three that pay for Portland ...