The allowable wavelengths for interstellar quantum communications. For a given distance away (left vertical axis), quantum communications are impossible where the horizontal distance line passes ...

If you opened Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, and asked it to write a poem about anti-wokeness like an angsty middle schooler, you'd likely still get something better than the drivel the multi ...

Here is a selection of our favourite poems about what John Keats called the ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness', including autumnal poems by classic and contemporary poets, including Robert ...

Voyager 1, the most distant human object that is now flying through interstellar space, had thruster issues making it difficult for the spacecraft to stay pointed at Earth when calling home.

In the 2014 film Interstellar, humanity takes advantage of a wormhole near Saturn to travel to different galaxies in minutes while searching for a new, habitable planet. Similarly, a network of ...

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers. Produced by Sara Curtis Edited by Wendy Dorr Featuring Elisabeth Egan ...

From the prehistoric poems of the Nile civilizations to contemporary poets changing the literary landscape, poetry encapsulates and immortalizes feelings and emotions. Do you gravitate toward ...

Amanda Gorman has become the youngest poet ever to perform at a presidential inauguration, calling for "unity and togetherness" in her self-penned poem. The 22-year-old delivered her work The Hill ...

The best-written poems capture emotions, experiences, or images using a lyrical language. But what exactly is a poem, how is it different from prose, and how should we approach it?