Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

A new chemical reaction allows sulfur-sulfur bonds to swap fragments in seconds without reagents at room temperature. This new process could improve a variety of industries, including plastic ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

ACS' new podcast Chain Reaction explores how chemistry shapes the world around us, from the materials we use every day to the environment that we depend on. Each episode brings fresh perspectives and ...

NASA’s Hubble telescope captured an “extraordinarily” rare moment of a comet exploding into fragments, the space agency said. The comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), was caught fragmenting ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...

The Elon Musk-led firm said its broadband-beaming asset vented its propulsion tank and saw its orbit decay rapidly, releasing a “small number of trackable low relative velocity objects” — seemingly a ...

For decades, most companies took electricity for granted when it came to growth. Factories expanded, offices opened and data centers came online with little concern about whether the grid could keep ...

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern ...

Physicists may soon witness a cosmic fireworks show: the explosive death of a primordial black hole. Once thought to be unimaginably rare, new research suggests there’s up to a 90% chance of catching ...