It measures about 15 miles (25 kilometres) in diameter and rotates 11 times every second, faster than a helicopter rotor.

Juno's findings provide fresh evidence for how and where cosmic rays form.

Small plastic particles alter neuron growth, suggesting that particle size may be just as important as the amount of plastic ...

When rockets fire into space, the insides of their engines become an extreme environment where temperatures soar and tiny ...

Scientists have discovered that ultraheavy atomic nuclei could explain some of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever observed.

Amid the many mysteries of quantum physics, subatomic particles don't always follow the rules of the physical world. They can exist in two places at once, pass through solid barriers and even ...

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Hidden organic particles high in the stratosphere may reshape how scientists understand climate, ozone chemistry, and ...

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By stacking custom-designed silver nanoparticles like nanoscale LEGO bricks, scientists stabilized a mysterious crystal phase that had never been observed before. The material not only solves a ...

Going to smaller and smaller distance scales reveals more fundamental views of nature, which means if we can understand and describe the smallest scales, we can build our way to an understanding of ...

Empty space, despite how we think of it, may not be as empty as we assume. Although we cannot detect the virtual particles present in empty space, their presence is necessary to predict, ...