The brain is a mere piece of furniture in the vastness of the cosmos, subject to the same physical laws as asteroids, electrons or photons. On the surface, its three pounds of neural tissue seem to ...

Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the ...

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals in the deep scaffolding of the world: the nature of space, time, causation and existence, the foundations of reality itself. It’s generally ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After a decade of preparation and two years of active experiments in space, a facility that Purdue University and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland designed, built and ...

In a recent experiment, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN produced particles believed to have only existed in the moments following the Big Bang. This remarkable achievement offers valuable ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is preparing a series of experiments to test in-space satellite refueling technologies, positioning commercial competitors at the forefront of an emerging sector of ...

Adopting a test-and-learn philosophy is more than just a business strategy—it’s a mindset that should be ingrained in both the culture and core operations of any organization. I’ve seen firsthand how ...

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...