KAIST researchers tested optical frequency comb lasers as reference signals for radio astronomy, aiming to synchronize radio telescopes with light-based timing in VLBI observations.

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Reed's inventions are critical not only to the operations of the Fantastic Four but also to the larger Marvel Universe.

The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory ...

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A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

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Brandon Sanderson, a popular author of high-fantasy and science fiction books, has signed a deal with Apple TV to adapt his ...

A science historian looks to the past to understand our current moment, and how ghostwriting in scientific papers is harming ...

"Looking out into the universe is uniquely allowing us to look back in time and piece together this beautiful cosmic story ...