In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

The short answer is; no. We will never see atoms using visible light, simply because the wavelength of visible light (around 400 to 700 nanometers) is larger than the size of an atom (around 0.1 to ...

Amateur astronomers and beginners will find the Dwarf 3 Smart Telescope useful for capturing shots of the night sky with the ...

Scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays -- without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light ...

Schools of fish are mesmerizing examples of collective animal behavior. Thousands of individuals move in near-perfect ...

Our brain and eyes can play tricks on us—not least when it comes to the expanding hole illusion. A new computational model ...

Scientists have found a way to achieve negative refraction—where light bends the "wrong" way—using carefully arranged atomic ...

Even when we think we are holding our gaze perfectly still, our eyes make tiny, involuntary movements. While these ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Researchers have created a compact camera where the lens is replaced by engineered optics that can identify objects at ...

“Heart Eyes” is a fascinating blend of films, mixing a rom-com with a slasher, with a pinch of broad laughs. Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding star as two co-workers who are mistaken for lovers by ...

The majority of us will receive one in each eye during routine cataract surgery. But the story of this discovery is anything but routine—it began amid falling Nazi bombs. On Aug. 15, 1940 ...