The Franco-Chinese space mission SVOM has just entered a new phase: after nine months of testing, the satellite is officially ...

The neutron star’s crust will crack open just like the ground in an earthquake,” Most says. “The black hole’s gravity first ...

X-rays are also used in airport security scanners and to detect broken pipes underground. Gamma rays are also used to produce medical images and to sterilise medical instruments, in a similar way ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...