All four main LHC experiments have found new signs that oxygen and neon collisions may create the extreme state of matter ...

As the risk of crashes between objects in Earth orbit continues to grow, a new vote highlights the debate over who has the ...

The cosmic origins of elements heavier than iron are mysterious. One elemental birthplace came to light in 2017 when two neutron-rich dead stars collided and spewed out gold, platinum and other hefty ...

A new study shows a deep connection between some of the largest, most energetic events in the universe and much smaller, weaker ones powered by our own Sun. The results come from a long observation ...

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A new safety-check technique can prove with 100 percent accuracy that a planned robot motion will not result in a collision. The method can generate a proof in seconds and does so in a way that can be ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope got a rare look at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery. Many years ago, scientists saw a dense, bright spot near a ...

Things that go bump in the dark is the theme of "Cosmic Collisions," the new 23-minute planetarium show that opens tomorrow at the National Air and Space Museum's Einstein Planetarium. Narrated by ...