George Smoot, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2006 for his studies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), died on 18 September at the age of 80. Smoot’s work on the blackbody form and ...

To answer Robertson: The Higgs field doesn’t appear to have more valleys to explore, according to our current understanding.

Astronomers have recently uncovered a space explosion of unprecedented magnitude, challenging existing scientific understanding. This record-breaking event, detailed in the article “Astronomers Just ...

George Fitzgerald Smoot III, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose experiments about space provided some of the most convincing evidence that the universe began with a Big Bang, died on Sept. 18 in ...

In a demonstration not so much of marksmanship but more of the advantages of microwaves, an Epirus Leonidas directed energy, high-power microwave (HPM) anti-drone weapon has knocked 49 Uncrewed Aerial ...

Ever since humans started gazing at the heavens through telescopes, we have discovered, bit by bit, that in celestial terms we’re apparently not so special. Earth was not the center of the universe, ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe during a long career at the University of California, Berkeley, and the ...

We all know space is cold, but some places are so extreme they make even Antarctica look comfortable. Scientists have discovered pockets of the universe that reach temperatures close to the absolute ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...