Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

Recently, astronomers have observed mysterious flashes of light near the edge of the Milky Way, sparking curiosity and ...

Chinese rocket launch left a bright white smoke plume over the U.S. following a geomagnetic storm, mistaken for auroras by ...

Perth Observatory says it has received reports of lights dancing in the sky across a significant part of WA's Midwest and Goldfields, with an explanation yet to be found.

Irish physicist William Rowan Hamilton’s pioneering work contained hints of the enigmatic wave–particle duality that governs the universe.

On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the ...

Franklin Castle isn’t just another historic home – it’s Ohio’s most notorious haunted house, a gothic masterpiece that makes ordinary spooky places look like child’s play. When most people think of ...

The flies’ pollen came from a much wider range of plants than might have been expected – more than 100 species in all – which ...

The bright light was actually a Falcon rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, passing over Central New York in its ...