Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom's nucleus, using the atom's own electrons as "messengers" ...
In this video, we explore the origins of the first atom, tracing back to the big bang, where immense energy condensed to form ...
If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than ...
"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary ...
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Scientists open untouched Apollo 17 lunar samples from 1972 — they may hold clues about the moon's violent origins
Scientists have found that a sample of the moon brought to Earth in 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts contains a ratio of sulfur ...
FOREST HILLS, Pa.—The Westinghouse Atom Smasher loomed like a mysterious cast-iron hot-air balloon when Jim Senkewitz was growing up in its shadow in the 1950s. The particle accelerator towered over ...
It can often pay to keep things simple when it comes to finding winnersCredit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos) There aren't many things I'm very good at. I ...
The race is on to harness the near-infinite power of nuclear fusion—by building a star on Earth. And scientists are closer ...
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