For a few fractions of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was in a truly peculiar state of matter. It is called ...

Rubidium atoms on China’s Tiangong space station fell with the same acceleration, upholding a cornerstone of Einstein’s ...

Neutrinos are pervasive yet intangible particles that permeate the universe, streaming through whole planets, stars and our ...

Efficiently controlling heat generation has become a major challenge as the semiconductors used in smartphones, computers and ...

Physicists believe the earliest form of matter in the universe—known as quark-gluon plasma—arrived in this brief blip in time ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why certain atomic nuclei unexpectedly produce large numbers of low-energy gamma ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team ...

The longest chains of single metal atoms ever have been made by researchers in China. The scientists believe these ...

When most of us picture an atom, we think about a small nucleus made of protons and neutrons orbited by one or more electrons. We view these electrons as point-like while rapidly orbiting the nucleus.