To say that we don’t understand the earliest moments of the universe would be an understatement. Indeed, the first second after the Big Bang featured not only the most extreme conditions ever ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an advanced observatory designed to peer back into the universe's past by detecting faint, distant light, thereby revealing the composition, temperature, and ...

Princeton scientists believe they have the tools to peer back into the beginning of time itself. In a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, the researchers say ...

Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...

Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, ...