Scientists predict new carbon-hydrogen matter state that conducts electricity directionally under extreme pressures found in ...

Most of what people casually call “the universe” is not where instinct suggests. Stars, planets and glowing gas clouds are only the bright frosting on a much larger cosmic cake, and the bulk of the ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, billions of stars and their attendant planets. The universe teems with huge, ...

Quantum theory explains the behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales, like atoms and subatomic particles. Unlike ...

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At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts electricity. This unusual form is believed to shape the magnetic fields of ...

Exoplanet WASP-189b has revealed a direct chemical link between stars and planets, giving scientists new insight into how ...

Deep inside the distant planets Uranus and Neptune, matter may exist in a bizarre form unlike anything we experience on Earth ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of Spain’s CSIC-INTA, have identified the largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever ...

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA Chris Impey, University of Arizona If you look across ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Impey, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) If you look across space with a ...