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Black holes that turn matter into energy could explain dark energy and answer two other cosmic questions. Now, the challenge ...

Astronomers have long known the universe is expanding—but exactly how fast remains one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology. Different techniques for measuring the Hubble constant stubbornly disagree ...

Getting an up-close view of life at the cellular level can be as simple as placing onion skin under a microscope and adjusting the knobs. Peering deeper, into the heart of the atoms within, isn't as ...

In physics, the classical "Hall effect," discovered in the late 19th century, describes how a transverse voltage is generated ...