Altermagnets are a newly recognized class of antiferromagnets whose magnetic structure behaves very differently from what is ...

Imaging technology has transformed how we observe the universe—from mapping distant galaxies with radio telescope arrays to ...

Franklin’s experience was far from unusual. Scientific discovery is shaped by patriarchy and colonialism as the story of ...

The erasure of women in science also marked Canadian scientist and U of T alumnus Maud Menten’s career. Frederick Banting, ...

Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional ...

Quantum mechanics is weird. When you think you have reached the bottom of its weirdness, you always discover a new ...

The emergence of imaging schemes capable of overcoming Abbe's diffraction barrier is revolutionizing optical microscopy. In 1873, the German physicist Ernst Abbe realized that the resolution of ...

Scientists outline the scientific and technical case for building a northern-hemisphere 30-meter telescope at La Palma to support time-domain and multi-messenger astronomy.

NASA’s Curiosity rover releases a new Mars panorama from Gale Crater ahead of solar conjunction, showing the Nevado Sajama drill site and recent geology and atmosphere studies.

The year’s most memorable moments from astronomy and space exploration include a double-detonating supernova, a private moon ...