Astronomers are now creating 'artificial stars' using powerful lasers to overcome Earth's atmospheric distortions that blur telescope images. These laser-generated stars act as reference points, ...

The images, part of a series called “Guardians of the Jungle,” were honored at the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards, Professional division.

An international research team has produced a bulk, millimeter-scale hexagonal diamond in the laboratory, a crystal variant long theorized to rival or exceed the hardness of the cubic diamonds found ...