"The explosions of white dwarfs play a crucial role in astronomy," stated Priyam Das, a PhD student at the University of New South Wales Canberra and study leader. Das further described the findings ...

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

A handy addition to your toolbox, the best laser tape measure delivers measurements instantly. Our product testing team tried ...

Optics 11 claims its underwater surveillance system can keep constant tabs on ships while remaining undetected.

New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.

By comparing optical clocks in six different countries, researchers have taken a major step toward establishing a new global ...

Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has extended its non-contact laser distance sensor portfolio with a low cost unit that is even more robust and compact than its predecessor measuring distances ...

Scientists have discovered that something is making cosmic distance markers appear much farther away than they should be.

It's an impressive feat for Bogong moths, whose brains are smaller than the size of a grain of rice, to rely on the night sky ...

Bogong moths are the first invertebrates known to navigate using the night sky during annual migrations to highland caves ...

Explained: light’s ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy When light travels unimpeded, it loses no energy. It can maintain that 300,000-km-per-second speed forever ...

Over the last half century or so, scientists have come up with a number of ways to measure relatively nearby distances. One relies on catching the light of a particular class of star at its peak ...