Scientists have discovered that dark matter, the universe's most mysterious "stuff," obeys gravity on vast cosmological scales. This could help to dismiss the possibility of a fifth fundamental force ...

Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the universe’s ...

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

Most of these astrophysical monsters are stars with various behavioral issues, such as explosive supernovae or ridiculously ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

Emails, credit card purchases, secrets told over fibre optics—all of it could come undone The post Quantum Computers Will ...

Why is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? This is one of the most exciting yet unresolved questions in modern physics. Because it cannot be fully answered using our current physical ...

While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and localities nationwide. By Nick Corasaniti The Voting Rights Act grew out of civil ...

The Department of Homeland Security clapped back at a "bizarre" anti-ICE protest that drew several hundred nude demonstrators who bared it all outside a Portland ICE facility on Sunday. DHS Assistant ...

Subatomic, a tech startup creating customizable agentic AI co-workers, has closed a $7 million seed round. The company, which lists dual headquarters in both Milwaukee and San Francisco, will use the ...

Dozens of naked demonstrators staged a protest outside Portland’s ICE facility on Sunday, drawing backlash from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid growing tensions over federal immigration ...

Kym Johnson-Herjavec is ready for her highly anticipated return to the Dancing With the Stars ballroom. After saying farewell to the show in 2017, the professional dancer is preparing to join Carrie ...