Beyond the eye of the beholder: Mathematically defining attributes essential to color perception

Research on the perception of color differences is helping resolve a century-old understanding of color developed by Erwin ...
Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering

New Electron Microscopy Technique Reveals Zeolite Structure to Enhance Function

Researchers from the labs of Professors Vinayak Dravid and Omar Farha developed a high-resolution approach to map ...

A new method to search for ultralight dark matter with advanced optical cavities

Dark matter is a mysterious type of matter that does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, yet is predicted to account for most ...

Early Universe’s supermassive black holes grew in cocoons like butterflies

But now a new study published in Nature suggests a solution to the Little Red Dots mystery. Scientists think young ...
Astronomy

New JWST imagery dives into the center of the Milky Way

NASA's IR space scope explores the Milky Way’s most prolific star-forming region, cracking open new secrets of how stars form.
Smithsonian Magazine

See the Most Detailed Map of Dark Matter Ever Made, Bringing Astronomers a Step Closer to Unraveling Its Mysterious Nature

The invisible stuff makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, but researchers know little about it ...
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Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows 'coherence where dispersion is expected' in new image

The heavens have a habit of throwing us a curveball just when we think we have the cosmos figured out. The latest arrival, a mysterious interstellar interloper dubbed 3I/ATLAS (officially designated C ...
Popular Science

First-of-its-kind cosmic collision spotted 25 light-years from Earth

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. What astronomers initially suspected to be a new exoplanet is ...
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Objects Look Different At The Speed Of Light: The "Terrell-Penrose" Effect Gets Visualized In Twisted Experiment

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
The Lowell Sun

Hopeful Thinking: On the nature of love and light

I believe we are made of two things: love and light. Perhaps that sounds like wispy new-age speak, but my personal sense of faith tells me that love is the directive force in the universe. Love is ...
CNN

Six species of North American bats glow under UV light, adding to growing list of fluorescent mammals

Glowing bats may sound like Halloween decor, but researchers in Georgia have discovered certain species of North American bats that are capable of the unusual trick. When placed under ultraviolet ...