Physics faculty say the fellowship, given to 6 women and nonbinary students, was cut for following the former DOE's ...

How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the most important numbers in the universe ...

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window ...

Researchers have developed a new technology that can shape the spectrum of light emitted from a laser frequency comb across ...

The path toward realizing practical quantum technologies begins with understanding the fundamental physics that govern ...

Japanese mathematician Kenji Fukaya has received an award in Hong Kong for his pioneering work in geometry, becoming the ...

This is the first time the novel imaging technique has been applied to telescopes. For the first time, astronomers have ...

Twin black hole collisions detected in 2024 have provided the sharpest-ever test of Einstein’s theory while revealing new details about how black holes form and spin.

For BYU’s birthday celebration, Anderson worked with Jay Cliftmann, a 2024 BYU graduate now pursuing a Ph.D. at Penn State. Together, they explored how to “blow out targeted candles with focused loud ...

California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with ...

An extrapolation technique aims to address the gap between Hall effect thruster performance in space and in laboratory ...