Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

Discover the science behind seeing your reflection in water. Light travels in straight lines and bounces off smooth surfaces, ...

A new method predicts leaf optical properties from traits, improving canopy light modeling and photosynthesis estimates in ...

Physicists have finally turned a long standing thought experiment into a laboratory reality, showing that electromagnetic ...

A research team has developed a new way to measure and predict how plant leaves scatter and reflect light, revealing that ...

About ten years ago, scientists began exploring an unconventional idea for studying the brain: using bioluminescent light to ...

Watching the aurora borealis (in the Northern Hemisphere) or aurora australis (in the Southern Hemisphere) is unforgettable.

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

In this James Webb telescope image, the gigantic molecular cloud near our galaxy's center appears as a canvas of pink and ...

Abstract: Positioning in indoor environments, where it is difficult to achieve an accurate performance using GPS or satellites, has been studied in various ways using several wireless communication ...

Launched in March, NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors.

Dermatologists explain the science behind wildly popular treatments like red light therapy, which is now available at home—for a steep price. Full-face LED masks like this one can cost up to several ...