A new analysis of astronomical data suggests unknown physics is at work assisting dark energy in acting almost as ...

Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even ...

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still ...

Quantum computing is coming. But the question remains: when does it stop being over the horizon and will it be useful?

A first-of-its-kind discovery regarding the rotation of the globe puts all of Earth's energies in jeopardy. Can Earth’s ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

Scientists successfully generate electricity from Earth's rotation in groundbreaking experiment, potentially opening a new ...

Joshua Rabinowitz will direct Princeton’s role in the Weill Cancer Hub East, a collaboration with The Rockefeller University, ...

When materials are created on a nanometer scale—just a handful of atoms thick—even the thermal energy present at room ...

Assistant Editor for The Prospect Lily Hutcheson reviews the play “Legacy of Light,” which explores the stories of two women in the interconnection of science and art.