Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms ...

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? Researchers show that this is not due to the random pull of the planets, but rather the ...

Researchers say they may have achieved Einstein's vision of a "unified field theory" that can unite two of nature's ...

General relativity is an astonishingly beautiful theory, and grappling with why it disagrees with quantum mechanics is a joy, ...

The film takes us on a journey through humanity’s evolving view of our home planet—from ancient beliefs that the Earth was flat and supported by gigantic elephants and turtles, to the scientific ...