Researchers have discovered that PSR B1937+21's incredible rotation speed is due to its process of accreting material from a ...

Science advances through data that don't fit our current understanding. At least that was Thomas Kuhn's theory in his famous ...

Within our Milky Way galaxy, in the direction of the constellation Vulpecula, a cosmic "lighthouse" named PSR B1937+21 spins ...

A tiny wobbling particle may be about to reveal a fifth force of nature, scientists behind one of the biggest particle physics experiments say. Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, ...

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AIP is pleased to announce Smitha Vishveshwara as the winner of the 2025 Andrew Gemant Award. Vishveshwara was chosen “for [her] years of creatively blending science teaching, theater, and art in ways ...

In our September 2025 issue, astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field of planetary science has transformed during his decades-long career. From the discovery of ...

Ersilia Vaudo, trans. from the Italian by Vanessa Di Stefano. Norton, $23.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-324-08927-8 Vaudo, chief diversity officer at the European Space Agency, debuts with an approachable ...

Scientists are like prospectors, excavating the natural world seeking gems of knowledge about physical reality. And in the century just past, scientists have dug deep enough to discover that reality’s ...