An extra treat is coming Earth’s way for Halloween, compliments of the cosmos.
On Oct. 31, there will be a nearly global blue moon for the first time since 1944, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. Weather permitting, all of the United States — major...
A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere.
Yet testing such theories is difficult without geological samples to examine. The solution, according to...
Temperatures at Earth’s highest latitudes were nearly as warm after Antarctica’s polar ice sheets developed as they were prior to glaciation, according to a new study led by Yale University. The finding upends most scientists’ basic understanding of how...
The American Physical Society (APS) has elected Yale associate professor of physics Reina Maruyama and Yale Presidential Visiting Scholar Shelly Lesher as fellows of the society.
At the heart of almost any scientific or technological challenge, you’re likely to find a mathematician or two trying to work the problem.
This is the realm of applied mathematics. It covers a wide spectrum of research disciplines, from medicine and...
New observational research suggests that supermassive black holes — the mysterious, light-swallowing objects at the heart of nearly all large galaxies — are spinning like crazy.
It’s a finding that has sweeping implications for how black holes form, how...
The universe’s funhouse mirrors are revealing a difference between how dark matter behaves in theory and how it appears to act in reality.
Dark matter is the invisible glue that keeps stars bound together inside a galaxy. It makes up most of a galaxy’s...
Yale will play a major role in a new, national center for quantum research announced Aug. 26 by the White House and the United States Department of Energy.
The new Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA), led by Brookhaven National Laboratory,...
At the heart of photosynthesis, the process by which plants and certain microorganisms produce Earth’s oxygen, there is a monumental act of thievery.
An enigmatic enzyme known as Photosystem II steals electrons from water, uses them as fuel, and leaves in...