Black holes are the most mysterious objects in the universe, with features that sound like they come straight from a sci-fi movie.

The announcement marks a major step forward for the 1 October Memorial Committee, which began the planning process more than three years ago. The panel is expected to submit a full recommendation including an alternate design to the Clark County Commission in September.

A spectacular new image released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) gives us clues about how planets as massive as Jupiter could form. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have detected large dusty clumps, close to a young star, that could collapse to create giant planets.

A spectacular image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could explain how giant planets are born.

Low-income renters in Las Vegas are feeling the pain due to a rare market phenomenon, according to a new study from UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate. Director Shawn McCoy, the author of the study, said one graph tells a compelling story.

Is deep kissing a universal human behavior?

The Veterans Protection from Fraud Act — introduced by Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Ted Budd, R-N.C., on Wednesday — would add up to 10 more years in prison for individuals convicted of mail fraud and similar crimes when the victim is a veteran. In many cases, that could double the sentence already allowed under federal law.

Meet Kathryn Pauli, Manager of Well-being and Integrative Medicine at UNLV School of Medicine, and Southwest Medical Hospice Care volunteer.

Extreme heat means even brief contact with hot pavement can burn skin