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Predicted by Einstein and discovered in 1979, gravitational lensing helps astrophysicists understand the evolving shape of the universe.

Physicist Kira Burt dropped out of school at 16. Now she teaches students that anyone can be a scientist.

Quantum entanglement, doubted by Einstein, has passed increasingly stringent tests.

Add some science to your Halloween!

We already know neutrinos break the mold of the Standard Model. The question is: By how much?

These international projects, selected during the process to plan the future of U.S. particle physics, are all set to come online within the next 10 years.

Our best model of particle physics explains only about 5 percent of the universe.

To keep up with an impending astronomical increase in data about our universe, astrophysicists turn to machine learning.

Photographers from Italy, the UK and Canada won professional and public votes.

Behind some of the world’s biggest scientific instruments are teams with a set of skills you can’t find anywhere else.