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Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy has revolutionized biology by visualizing dynamic cellular processes in three dimensions. However, light scattering in thick tissue and photobleaching of fluorescent reporters limit this method to studying thin or ...

New observations with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile reveal the earliest-ever "baby pictures" of our universe, showing some of the oldest light we can possibly see.

Two young protostars are responsible for the shimmering ejections of gas and dust that gleam in orange, blue, and purple in this color image of a portion of the dark cloud Lynds 483 from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

With radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers can pierce the dusty veil of our galaxy and map its farthest reaches

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.

The northern lights, which are happening nearly constantly at both polar regions of the planet, are caused when coronal mass ejections of solar material from the sun reach Earth's magnetic field, causing a geomagnetic storm.

Scientists have found that massaging tartrazine—aka "Yellow 5," aka the food dye that's used in Doritos—into the skin of mice can temporarily make the mice transparent.

This X-ray binary system is like a scale model of some of the most luminous quasars in the universe.

Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and more

In a new work, scientists at ETH Zurich showed how the thermal trap effect, triggerable by exposing common semi-transparent materials (e.g., quartz and water) to solar radiation.

The cloud cover possibilities for the total eclipse on April 8 in Western New York have more complexities than just cloudy vs. sunny.

Observations of galactic clusters made by the eROSITA X-ray all-sky survey could help solve a troubling tension in cosmology surrounding the 'lumpiness' of...

A new camera on the South Pole Telescope has used the Cosmic Microwave Background as a celestial treasure map that could lead to the secrets of dark matter.

The edge of the world is closer than you think, and simple geometry proves it

With hair clips, you can easily keep hair out of your way without as much breakage. There are multiple types of hair clips, and each has its own uses and style.

A newly imaged star cluster is birthing groups of three, four and five stars, confirming the prevailing wisdom that the universe forms its stars in multiples...

No one has ever seen a newborn star feeding on its natal disk anywhere outside our galaxy—that is, until now

Quantum physicists at Delft University of Technology have shown that it's possible to control and manipulate spin waves on a chip using superconductors for the first time. These tiny waves in magnets may offer an alternative to electronics in the future. The study, published in Science, primarily gives physicists new insight into the interaction between magnets and superconductors.

There are unexplored regions of the universe—and there are also unexplored times. In fact, there's a nearly 400-million-year gap in our universe's history that we've never seen: a time before stars known as the Dark Ages. To investigate that era, researchers want to pick up a particular radio signal that can't be measured from Earth.

Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.