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Buried deep below the American Midwest, a new kind of observatory is taking shape that aims to watch some of the most elusive particles in the universe as they stream straight through Earth. The Deep ...

In 1919, a total solar eclipse offered the only chance to test Albert Einstein's radical new theory of gravity, General ...

Knotted structures once imagined by Lord Kelvin may actually have shaped the universe’s earliest moments, according to new ...

A joint effort between two of the world’s largest neutrino experiments has brought scientists closer to understanding how the universe survived its violent beginnings. The findings could reveal why ...

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Rare cosmic explosions have earned an international award for an astrophysics collaboration led by an Oxford professor.

If not in visible stars and galaxies, the most likely hiding place for the matter is in the dark space between galaxies.

Bright patches of light, known as sun dogs, appear when sunlight bends through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude clouds ...

Anacondas have always been giants A recent University of Cambridge-led study has revealed that anacondas have been giants for ...