Supergiant Star Collapsed into Stellar-Mass Black Hole in Andromeda Galaxy
Using archival data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission along with data from other space and ground-based observatories, astronomers identified…
‘The beacons were lit!’ Scientists name merging supermassive black holes after ‘Lord of the Rings’ locations
When the beacons were lit in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” the city…
Our leading theory of dark matter may be wrong, massive gravity study hints
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“Astonishing behaviour.” Filmmakers left a robot orangutan in the Borneo rainforest. The footage helped solve a mystery that puzzled scientists
The intelligence of chimpanzees has been frequently studied, such as their ability to use tools, medicines and even…
Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions
Between 73,000 and 20,000 years ago (Late Pleistocene), the Japanese Archipelago was inhabited by cave lions (Panthera spelaea),…
The U.S. Could Soon Power the Moon with Nuclear Fission: Here’s How!
Energy is critical in every domain of human life, and in space exploration, it is even more essential…
Simulation showing what it would look like to go around Earth at the speed of light is absolutely wild
This simulation showed what it would look like if you went around Earth at the speed of light,…
What Is The Longest Snake In The World? This 23’8″ Specimen
iStockphoto / RibeirodosSantos/homeworks255 There is a new world record for the longest snake ever measured in the wild.…
Gravity May Accommodate Both Standard And Unconventional Particle Behaviours
Researchers are now challenging fundamental assumptions about the nature of gravity and its relationship to quantum statistics. Bekir…
The Billionaire Space Race Is Really Heating Up
As the U.S. races China to the Moon, two billionaires are locked in a space race of their…
Photographer Sees Whale Dragging 200-Foot Rope And Realizes Something Is Very Wrong
Last month, a wildlife photographer named John Kowitz went on a boat ride off the coast of Kona,…
Two Vast ‘Blobs’ of Hot Rock Have Stabilized Earth’s Magnetic Field for Hundreds of Millions of Years
While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of…