Snowflakes appear in dozens of structures, from simple columns and stars to ornate dendrites and beyond. Ahead, we’ve ...

Newborn stars, hidden behind thick dust, are revealed in this image of a section of the so-called Christmas Tree Cluster from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The newly revealed infant stars appear as ...

NASA released a stunning image of the stars from a globular cluster about 13,000 light-years from the Milky Way's galactic center. The cluster known as NGC 6441 sparkles and appears like snowflakes in ...

Genetic mutation may drive evolution, but not all by itself. Physics can be a powerful co-pilot, sometimes even setting the course. In a new study, physicists and evolutionary biologists at the ...

Cambridge, MA – The signs of the holidays are all around us – wreaths on doors, twinkling lights in windows, and decorated trees in living rooms. Even outer space is joining the year-end celebration ...

With no biological program to drive it, nascent multicellular clusters adopt a lifecycle thanks to the physics of their stresses. The accidental reproduction drives them to evolve as multicellular ...