A wild slow-motion experiment tests whether a chainsaw can open a Coke bottle without destroying it. After cleanly popping ...

A team of nuclear physicists has pulled off something that, until recently, existed only in theoretical models and the ...

The simple experiment setup. Image via Wiki Commons. In 1927, physicist Thomas Parnell poured hot pitch into a funnel at the ...

A massive 2-alarm fire engulfed the science lab at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Saturday night, risking the ...

DENVER — Tiny, exploding black holes might explain one of the biggest mysteries about how the universe, in its current form, came to be. In the cosmos, matter is much more common than antimatter. But ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

Of all the possible ways for the universe to end, the one that is the most concerning is known as False Vacuum Decay. While ...

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission.

The one-day event will feature explosive science demos, including liquid nitrogen blasts, balloon explosions and fast-paced ...

According to scientists, red supergiant stars should produce more supernovas. But astronomers just aren’t spotting them. Here's how they plan to crack the case. The James Webb Space Telescope is ...

Astronomy Hubble revisits stunning Trifid Nebula after 30 years, and spots a growing jet of energy — Space photo of the week Comets Eta Aquariids to peak this week: How to see 'shooting stars' dropped ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...