Japanese Space Probe Drops Explosive on Asteroid Ryugu
Hayabusa2 released the projectile to make a crater on the asteroid's surface
Stories by Davide Castelvecchi
Gravitational-Wave Hunt Restarts--with a Quantum Boost
Detailed data on space-time ripples are set to pour in from LIGO and Virgo’s upgraded detectors
Soap-Bubble Pioneer Is First Woman to Win Prestigious Math Prize
Abel-prize winner Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck built bridges between analysis, geometry and physics
Forget Everything You Know about 3-D Printing—the "Replicator" Is Here
Rather than building objects layer by layer, the printer creates whole structures by projecting light into a resin that solidifies
Physicists Lay Out Plans for a New Supercollider
The proposed facility would become the most powerful—and most expensive—collider ever built
Holy Cow! Astronomers Agog at Mysterious New Supernova
An event known as "Cow" that has rocked astronomy since June likely offers a close look at the birth of a neutron star or black hole
Europe Shows First Cards in €1-billion Quantum Bet
One of the most ambitious EU ‘Flagship’ schemes yet has picked 20 projects, aiming to turn weird physics into useful products
Here's What the Quantum Internet Has in Store
Physicists say this futuristic, super-secure network could be useful long before it reaches technological maturity
All Systems Go for Second-Ever Mission to Enter Mercury's Orbit
European and Japanese double probe, BepiColombo, will take seven years to reach the solar system’s innermost planet
CERN Suspends Italian Physicist Over Remarks Seen as Sexist
The University of Pisa and the European Research Council also said that they are opening investigations into Alessandro Strumia’s conduct
Reimagining of Schrödinger's Cat Breaks Quantum Mechanics—and Stumps Physicists
In a multi-“cat” experiment the textbook interpretation of quantum theory seems to lead to contradictory pictures of reality, physicists claim
CERN's Pioneering Mini-Accelerator Passes First Test
Physicists achieve powerful acceleration by "surfing" electrons on proton waves over short distances
Asteroid Ryugu Poses Landing Risks for Japanese Mission
Mission planners have chosen the first landing sites on boulder-strewn body for Hayabusa 2 and its rovers to touch down
LHC Physicists Embrace Brute-Force Approach to Particle Hunt
The world’s most powerful particle collider has yet to turn up new physics—now some physicists are turning to a different strategy
Number-Theory Prodigy among Winners of Most Coveted Prize in Mathematics
The Fields Medals have been awarded to four researchers who work on number theory, geometry and network analysis
Big Bang Telescope Finale Marks End of an Era in Cosmology
With the end of Europe’s major Planck mission, researchers are moving to smaller projects studying different aspects of the cosmic microwave background
Here Come the Waves
After a clutch of historic detections, gravitational-wave researchers have set their sights on some ambitious scientific quarry
Particle Physicists Turn to AI to Cope with CERN's Collision Deluge
Can a competition with cash rewards improve techniques for tracking the Large Hadron Collider’s messy particle trajectories?
Beguiling Dark Matter Signal Persists 20 Years on
Physicists at experiment in Italy continue to see a data fluctuation that they say represents dark matter—but the mystery deepens
"Grand Unified Theory of Math" Nets Abel Prize
Robert Langlands’ ideas unearthed connections within mathematics that have helped to solve centuries-old problems and aided researchers in disparate fields
