The galaxy, dubbed Alcyoneus, is a large radio galaxy that spans 16.3 million light-years or roughly 150x the span of the Milky Way galaxy.

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity ("GR") represents space and time as a 4-dimensional "fabric" that can be stretched and folded

A system that can analyze a segment of video and identify the yoga postures, asana, being practiced would be a useful tool for instruction.

The year is 1498. The town of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland has fallen prey to a "strange sickness" that is the deadly plague.

Scientists have achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the design of twisty stellarators and their ability to hold fusion fuel together

Dogs can recognize their owner by voice alone, and they make use of some of the same voice properties as humans do.

Researchers have developed the first fully autonomous biohybrid fish from human stem-cell derived cardiac muscle cells.

A new waveguide could revolutionize THz signal transmission and processing for faster and broader communication links.

Asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than formerly thought.

Researchers have developed a nanoplatform that non-invasively eliminates solid liver cancer tumors with a single five-minute dose.

Scientists use quantum entangled light for a new form of microscopy able to detect signals normally hidden by quantum noise.

A team of German astronomers have discovered a strange new type of star covered in the by-product of helium burning.

Speech recognition technology allows us to ask Siri to check the weather for tomorrow, or to ask Alexa to play our favorite song.

If carbon dioxide could be converted into energy, it would be killing two birds with one stone in addressing the environmental issues.

The findings indicate that some of the neurons detected are active exclusively during additions, while others are active during subtractions

A new study suggests that circuitry in the brain responsible for motivation and pleasure is impacted when someone experiences pain.

This gadget made of plastic and copper wire is a technological breakthrough with the potential to revolutionize medical imaging.

A new study suggests the existence of a direct interaction between the elementary particles that make up the dark matter and ordinary matter

Researchers have developed a new blood-clotting test that uses only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera.

A team of space scientists has published a paper suggesting that there may be an Earth or Mars-sized planet orbiting beyond Neptune.