Explore 25 science experiments that defied the laws of physics, revealing mind-bending phenomena that challenge intuition.

First Lt. Maurielle Pankau, a 183rd Air Component Operations Squadron intelligence analyst planner, participates in the Shadow Operations Center — Nellis "Experiment 3" on June 13, 2025. (Airman 1st ...

The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will return to orbit May 16. (Jeremy Webster/ U.S. Air Force) When the secretive X-37B space plane returns to orbit on May 16, it will be carrying more ...

Historically, prior to 1820, electricity and magnetism were thought to be separate entities of nature. On April 21, 1820, Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish physi ...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein, left, chats with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson after flying Textron's AT-6 as part of the service's light-attack experiment, held August 2017 at ...

STP-H7, launched on Dec. 21, 2021, is a U.S. Space Force science experiment installed on the International Space Station to collect data. Credit: U.S. Space Force WASHINGTON — The Space Force is ...

This article originally appeared in the March 11, 2019 issue of SpaceNews magazine. The U.S. Global Positioning System — the constellation of military satellites that provides positioning, navigation ...

The US military is sending its X-37B space plane back into space later this month, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said Wednesday. The Air Force doesn't often say much about the X-37B, but Barrett ...

Scientists are using “trapped ions” in highly precise experiments to search for a new, fifth force of nature that could help explain elusive dark matter. The invisible dark matter is one of the ...