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The researchers show frequencies of spatially separated clocks can be compared more precisely

A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week

Gravity as we know it is safe for now. The MICROSCOPE mission sought to test the Weak Equivalence Principle from general relativity in space, finding it held up.

A “folded diamond” doesn’t sound entirely plausible. But that’s exactly what we’ve found inside a rare group of meteorites known as ureilites, which likely came from the mantle of a dwarf planet or very large asteroid that was destroyed 4.56 billion years ago in a giant collision.

What is exotic matter, and could we use it to make wormholes? – Julia, aged 14, London

A new device creates hydrogen fuel from air by capturing it with a spongy material and sending it through electrodes. It could produce clean fuel anywhere on Earth.

Bizarre planetary weather conditions, like diamond precipitation, may be more common than scientists thought

CERN said the plans were being drawn up in case it is warned it needs to use less energy

Is it dark matter or pulsars giving off weird gamma rays? The Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is giving astronomers a possible headache.

A glowing blob known as “the cocoon”, which appears to be inside one of the enormous gamma-ray emanations from the centre of our galaxy dubbed the “Fermi bubbles”, has puzzled astronomers since it was discovered in 2012.