Physicists see heat move as a wave after 90 years of theory
Physicists at MIT have achieved a major feat, capturing a bizarre quantum effect called second sound on film,…
Woomera and Andamooka observatories team up for outback stargazing trail
When Rebecca Tayler and Richard Wilkin were handed the keys to the Woomera Baker Observatory in 2015, their…
NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e
Scientists are in the midst of observing the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Careful…
These Strange Stars Could Reveal the True Nature of Dark Matter
A newly proposed type of stellar object, called a dark dwarf, may be hiding in the heart of…
Caltech Physicists Discover “Double Helix,” a New Equilibrium State of Cosmic Plasma
The double helix nebula. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars…
Star formation revealed by ALMA in distant Milky Way region
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on star formation in some of the galaxy’s…
The observable universe is just 5% of reality, 95% remains invisible!
Ordinary matter, also called baryonic matter, consists of protons, neutrons, and electrons. This is the material that emits…
DESI Hints Dark Energy Isn’t What We Thought
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope…
JWST May Have Found the Universe’s First Pristine Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope may have uncovered one of the Universe’s first galaxies, AMORE6, almost devoid of…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious New World at Edge of the Solar System
A composite image showing the five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union, plus the newly discovered…
Voyager 2’s journey into interstellar space raises more questions than answers!
Voyager 2 continues to travel at over 55,000 kilometres per hour, moving deeper into interstellar space. Its power…
Observable universe is 93 billion light years wide but what’s beyond it? Here’s what we can’t see…
One of the most important pieces of evidence for this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint…