Contrary to what many think, light does exist in space; it’s just invisible unless it strikes an object or particles that reflect or scatter it. On Earth, sunlight interacts with our atmosphere ...

Light is electromagnetic radiation: basically, an electric wave and a magnetic wave coupled together and traveling through space-time. It has no mass. That point is critical because the mass of an ...

The Albuquerque Museum’s “Light, Space, and the Shape of Time,” takes an art movement associated with the clean lines and shiny surfaces of postwar Los Angeles architecture and turns it ...

Then physics says, 'Let there be light!,' and there actually is light—at one precise moment in time and point in space," says Prof. Alexander Szameit of the University of Rostock. These fleeting ...

A mysterious spiraling blue light illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday. The cosmic whirlpool was captured in stunning video and appears to have been created by the SpaceX Falcon 9 ...

If Earth is going to be blown to bits ... gravitational bending of light (GBL) – something physicists have been grappling with for decades. As a result of this bending, objects aren't always where ...

a space heated by an electric stove according to the New York Times. Mercury atop a Traffic Light on 5th Avenue, Photo Via Library of Congress As traffic signal technology advanced, the bulky ...

The light art installation quickly charmed the city ... and creates a “shared space” for viewers, Trezevant said, while still being open to the surrounding world. “You can easily move ...

A trio of stars just under 5,000 light ... period blows the previous known smallest trinary, with an orbital period of 33 days, out of the water. Illustration of TIC 290061484, the Sun, and the orbit ...

On the morning of September 5, Mercury will be in its waxing crescent phase, meaning that just a tiny sliver of the planet’s day light side is ... Mercury blows past Earth, calling out ...

A 1/3 scale prototype of Sierra Space's LIFE inflatable habitat was run ... Make Per Year A rare seven-planet ‘parade’ will light up the sky. Here’s how to see it. I love sitting in the ...