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,…
Comet or Alien Spaceship? What We Know About 3I/Atlas
The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See
While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in the universe, this image from the…
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…
Astronomers Track Record-Breaking Radio Flash Across 130 Million Light-Years
Artistic interpretation of CHIME’s Outrigger array over North America localizing RBFLOAT to its host galaxy. Credit: Daniëlle Futselaar/MMT…
Webb Telescope Spots a “Blob” Near a Star, but Is It a Planet?
Artist’s depiction of the Epsilon Eridani system, including the elusive planet Epsilon Eridani b. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook JWST…