Researchers have developed innovative methods to control the ionization of atoms and molecules using specially structured light beams, challenging traditional limits. This breakthrough could lead to ...

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...

Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...

You can make the case that none of them are in true color. But then again, if they were, they’d be unable to reveal the true ...

The study builds on previous research investigating different biosignature gases, including dimethyl sulfide, another ...

Instantly turning a material from opaque to transparent, or from a conductor to an insulator, is no longer the stuff of ...

This study makes the fundamental discovery of the first natural animal rhodopsin that uses a chloride ion instead of an amino acid side chain as a counterion. Using a combination of biochemical and ...

There's a class of objects in the cosmos that are neither stars, nor are they quite planets. Astronomers used the powerful ...

XRISM has uncovered how galaxy clusters evolve—violent mergers create turbulence, preventing hot gas from cooling. This ...