“Light squeezer” reduces quantum noise in lasers, could enhance quantum computing and gravitational-wave detection.

Study shows LIGO’s 40-kilogram mirrors can move in response to tiny quantum effects, revealing the “spooky popcorn of the universe.”

Neptune-sized planet may be remnant core of a much larger planet.

Signal from 500 million light years away is the first periodic pattern of radio bursts detected.

Danielle Frostig, a physics graduate student, is developing an instrument to study how the heaviest elements in the universe are produced.

Discovery made through the Disk Detective project could help the search for new planets.

When searching for extraterrestrial life, astronomers may want to look at planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.

MIT Haystack Observatory researchers coauthor a paper announcing the observation of a surprising structure in a distant quasar, 3C 279.

Michael Calzadilla and colleagues describe a violent black hole outburst that provides new insight into galaxy cluster evolution.

A molecule that’s known for its smelly and poisonous nature on Earth may be a sure-fire sign of extraterrestrial life.