The detection of dark matter, the elusive type of matter predicted to make up most of the universe's mass, is a long-standing ...

Purple is a combination of wavelengths from opposite extremes of the spectrum, which technically deosn’t make any sense, but our brains evolved a solution. When we “see” a combination of ...

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres’s 1845 portrait of Louise de Broglie, Comtesse d’Haussonville, has always been a crowd favorite at the Frick Collection in New York City, but now, after the ...

“On the Same Wavelength: Art, Science & Conservation,” a new Nasher exhibition, uses science to peer into the mysterious past of certain artworks. In the process, it highlights an often ...

We have photoreceptors tuned to short wavelengths, medium wavelengths, and long wavelengths– corresponding to blue, green, and red respectively. With these three types of cones, most can discern ...

Its gases change the color of the starlight that reaches the Webb telescope. By analyzing these changing wavelengths, scientists can infer the chemical composition of the atmosphere. While ...