No one really knows what happens inside an atom. But two competing groups of scientists think they've figured it out. And both are racing to prove that their own vision is correct. Still, no one knows ...

The mysterious quantum universe questions our conventional understanding of reality. In this reality, particles can exist in several states at once, be entangled across great distances, and where the ...

This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the center, surrounded by a cloud of electrons (yellow), and an electron (yellow ball with arrow) that has a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids. What is the smallest thing in the universe that actually exists? – Mimi, 12, Abeokuta, Nigeria To find an ...

In a groundbreaking studypublished in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers have uncovered a puzzling cosmic observation that challenges our understanding of the ...