Priyamvada Natarajan's contributions in astronomy helped shed light into two major research interests in contemporary astrophysics - the origins of supermassive black holes, and mapping dark...
The nonagenarian Higgs, who passed away last week in Edinburgh, had expressed displeasure that he alone received the fanfare for the Higgs boson.
A recent study suggests that the binary star system, HD 148937, hosted a triplet of stars until a few millions of years ago.
As the total solar eclipse becomes visible when it streaks past North America, 'citizen scientists' are at work, beaming radio signals to support scientific experiments.
Strickland helped realize a novel mechanism through which ultrashort and intense laser pulses could be emitted safely.
Joseph Rotblat was once associated with the Manhattan Project, which led to the invention of nuclear weapons. But what made him change his heart to quit...
In 1978, Donald J. Kessler, an astrophysicist, predicted collisions between satellites can get out of hand as their population keeps increasing.
We can't unmix science from politics. They're intertwined.
Shuji Nakamura's journey inventing blue LED is an example of a 'high risk, but high reward' strategy for scientific innovation. Moreover, it lends a sneak-peek at...
A dwarf galaxy appears to have halted star formation. An astrophysicist believes current 'models based on the universe' need to be 'revisited'.
