These finalist images from an Australian science photography competition caoture the majesty of our planet, from endearing ...

Astronomers have used the Gemini North telescope to capture a new image of a planetary nebula nicknamed the Crystal Ball ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase contrast, which ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The International Space Station (ISS) has once again served as a window ...

Physicists have been confident since the1980s that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, similar to those thought to be at the center of most spiral and elliptical ...

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This year, the theme for National Chemistry Week (NCW) is “Picture Perfect Chemistry,” which celebrates the science of imaging. An image is a representation of something. Scientists use imaging to ...

The moon hovers over a shadowy void wreathed in sunlight in a stunning new photo taken by NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission on April 27. PUNCH is a collection of ...

The book consists of 44 chapters, all but one reprinted from earlier writings, together with newly written introductions. The individual topics are diverse: sociobiology, Marxism, molecular evolution, ...