The Trump Administration last week moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Is the goal to reduce America’s collective IQ? The main practical effect of the Justice Department’s ...

The largest-ever survey of physicists from around the world—released today—shows a distinct lack of consensus across many of ...

The conclusion of DESI's first survey marks an important milestone for cosmology, which finds itself in a bind for the best reasons. Reading time 5 minutes Last week, the Dark Energy Spectroscopy ...

David H. DeVorkin is emeritus senior curator in the history of astronomy and the space sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. What is the Universe?

Recent research discoveries have been surprising to astrophysicists. We bring together UT astronomers and physicists to discuss some of the more controversial questions in space science and cosmology, ...

Cosmology is a research area in astrophysics that investigates the large-scale properties, origin, composition, and dynamical evolution of the Universe as a whole. It integrates general relativity, ...

Astronomers have revealed the sharpest image ever captured of a filament in the cosmic web — the enormous hidden structure ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› by Mari Uyehara Experts recommend their top picks for books, bottles, and barware ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The 31-year-old California resident was charged with attempting to ...

Like-for-like sales highlight growth by excluding factors like new acquisitions that can distort results. This metric clarifies how well existing locations perform against new ones in contributing to ...

For those enchanted by the possibility of seeing further into the heavens (or looking to pass on that enchantment to the next ...