Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes in September 2015.

According to Newtonian physics, the gravitational attraction between two masses is proportional to the inverse of the square ...

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Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, ...

Scientist Avi Loeb, who has made headlines for his theories about interstellar objects, says we are "probably not" alone.

The archetype is familiar: The solitary physicist, deep in thought, paces beside a chalkboard peppered with symbols and equations. The astronomer, perched alone at the edge of the night, peers into a ...

The visible patterns produced by the time crystals could be used for data storage and anti-counterfeiting designs.

These teaching methods are now used throughout the department, and in 2019 it received the APS Award for Improving Undergraduate Education and the Southeastern Section of the APS selected Professor ...