In the words of Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, space and time cannot contain the fundamental laws of physics because they generate ...

As best the origins of Earth are understood, we're all just a bunch of stardust, and new observations from the JWST lend credence to that theory.

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

Popping between dimensions is a staple of the superhero genre, dating all the way back to the 1961 comic The Flash #123. The multiverse, as its known today, allows characters to explore alternate ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

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A nebula is a luminescent giant cloud of dust and gas in space that could be from a supernova or could be a star-forming region. The "dumbbell nebula," also known as Messier 27, is what astronomers ...

The joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope recently observed the remnants of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The resulting colorful cloud is known as ...

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I DO not deserve the reproaches of Prof. Coleman (NATURE, June 17, p. 775). My molten earth did not, in point of fact, owe its thermal energy to primitive condensation, but to accumulated radioactive ...

Whether or not you’ve heard the term “queer theory,” it’s likely to have impacted some aspect of your life. Click through to learn what queer theory is, how it's used, and who has been involved with ...

The paper towel theory is an analogy in which removing one sheet per day from a roll of paper towels symbolizes fat loss. It illustrates that although progress may be slow and difficult to notice ...