Light does more than illuminate the world—it can also push and twist matter. It was back in the 1870s that James Clerk ...

X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (represented in blue) have been combined with infrared data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope (cyan, light blue, teal and orange) and radio from ...

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion ...

The mysterious interstellar object hurtling through our solar system has just given scientists more evidence that it may be a craft from another part of the galaxy. According to Harvard astrophysicist ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A team of scientists ...

Princeton researchers have uncovered new rules governing how objects absorb and emit light, fine-tuning scientists' control over light and boosting research into next-generation solar and optical ...

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly small "dark object" lurking within a distant ring of warped light. The record-breaking find could help shed light on the mysterious identity of dark matter, ...

Astronomers have spotted a mysterious object in a distant star system that erratically emits dust that shrouds its star, obscuring its light by as much as 75 percent. The researchers behind the ...

Scientists develop concept for feedback-controlled optical tweezers.These tweezers made of highly focused laser light can grab cell clusters in a controlled manner and rotate them in any direction.

(Nanowerk News) Princeton researchers have uncovered new rules governing how objects absorb and emit light, fine-tuning scientists' control over light and boosting research into next-generation solar ...