Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding ...

Astronomers studying a distant galaxy using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found the best candidates yet for the universe’s first stars. These so-called Population III stars arose shortly ...

Now physicists from the University of Washington are taking a big swing at answering that question. All matter exerts gravitational force. The more mass the object has, the greater the force. Yet, a ...

Every now and again I find myself pondering the scientific veracity of pop songs. I’m a nerd, and I like music, so sometimes those worlds collide. It can be interesting to think about, and the ...

In October 1995, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hadn’t yet become the pop culture science star he is today. Tyson was newly appointed as the interim director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York ...

This post was updated Nov. 11 at 11:44 p.m. UCLA’s Court of Sciences teemed with activity Sunday as about 12,000 people attended the university’s largest annual science fair. Exploring Your Universe, ...