
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 World Cup Soccer Ball
Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 World Cup Soccer Ball
Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game
We Just Discovered the Sounds of Spacetime. Let’s Keep Listening
Less than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten to silence this groundbreaking science
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The U.S. Just Axed Its Boldest Cosmology Experiment in Generations
Researchers hoped CMB-S4, a $900-million cosmology experiment, would answer one of the greatest questions in physics. Instead it’s become another cautionary tale of pursuing big science amid shrinking budgets
Superheated Gold Defies ‘Entropy Catastrophe’ Limit, Overturning 40-Year-Old Physics
Physicists superheated gold to 14 times its melting point, disproving a long-standing prediction about the temperature limits of solids
Science Agency Staffers Speak Out about Trump Administration’s Actions
Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in which the agencies are headed
NASA Staff Rebuke White House Cuts in Rare Public Dissent
A declaration of dissent from past and present NASA employees warns that science and safety are at risk and joins similar documents from staff at other federal science agencies
Can You Drink Saturn’s Rings?
It’s certainly possible to consume water sourced from the icy rings of Saturn, but doing so safely may require extra steps
7 Big Mysteries about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever
Astronomers Witness an Alien Solar System’s Birth for the First Time
Observations of a baby star may show the earliest stages of planet formation that astronomers have ever seen
Mysterious Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider
The LHCb experiment has observed a new difference between matter and antimatter in particles called baryons
The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research
After 10 years of gravitational-wave research, the LIGO Lab team at MIT is getting ready for the next generation of detectors.
Monster Black Hole Merger Is Most Massive Ever Seen
A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics models