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Scientists recently observed two black holes that united into one, and in the process got a “kick” that flung the newly formed black hole away at high speed.

Experiments indicate that superionic ice can exist in two stable crystal structures.

Astronomers have discovered a new kind of stellar explosion that occurs on the surface of small, dense stars known as white dwarfs.

A new measurement of the mass of an elementary particle, the W boson, has defied expectations. The result hints at a possible flaw in physicists’ otherwise stalwart theory of the fundamental bits and bobs of our world, known as the standard model.

For vaccine dosing decisions, past experience and best guesses won the day in the mad rush to beat back the pandemic. Modeling tools might have made a difference.

Dennis P. Sullivan of Stony Brook University and the City University Graduate Center won the award for "his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects."

In new research led by scientists at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics, William Blake’s phrase “to see a world in a grain of sand” is suddenly relevant to astrophysics.

More than 50 years after the seeds of a vast collection of mathematical ideas called the Langlands program began to sprout, surprising new findings are emerging.

New mathematical formulation means a huge paradigm shift in physics would not be necessary.

Julianne Dalcanton, director of the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics, describes a vivid cosmic image of the aftermath of a galactic collision captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.