In laboratories from Brazil to Munich, researchers are learning to grab matter with sound alone, sculpting ultrasonic waves ...

Our Universe is full of exotic objects and phenomena, and we have built telescopes and satellites to try and attain a deep understanding of it all. Sometimes, objects in space come to our aid and they ...

Astronomers have recently uncovered a colossal dark object outside our Solar System that defies direct observation. This enigmatic entity, with a mass equivalent to a million suns, challenges existing ...

A team of scientists says they've found a specific kind of light wave that can pierce directly through objects, making it seem as though they were totally invisible. This new approach, however, is a ...

We may not yet have true invisible armor, but two new breakthroughs in the study of cloaking devices offer hope that such technology is coming sooner than previously imagined. Two research teams, one ...

Last year scientists detected gravitational waves from what appeared to be the most massive black hole collision ever recorded. But now an international team of astrophysicists has proposed an exotic ...

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: asteroids that share Venus’s orbit and may ...

If you have not come across a Lubor’s Lens before, you may be interested in this video which explains the optical illusion created by the lens, allowing it to make objects disappear in front of your ...

When we watch a mime seemingly pull rope, climb steps or try to escape that infernal box, we don't struggle to recognize the implied objects -- our minds automatically "see" them, a new study ...