Our eyes are tuned to only a tiny proportion of the electromagnetic spectrum, but it’s where the Sun is brightest.

A rare and vivid atmospheric event has been captured from orbit, offering scientists new insight into how lightning behaves ...

In the vastness of interstellar space, a small probe continues its silent drift, making history with every mile. Voyager 1, launched by NASA more than four decades ago, is on track to reach a ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona, working with an international team, have captured and controlled quantum ...

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics.

An analysis of the afterglow of the big bang sheds light on how black holes distribute mass in the universe, and why some ...

Visible light is a clean and abundant energy source for molecular motors,” says Lili Hou of Tianjin University, a ...

“It’s possible that the mice weren’t seeing them,” admits Shin, “because the technique has involved a relatively small number of neurons, for technical limitations. But in the future, one could expand ...