Transforming sensitivity to new physics with single-top-quark events
The top quark, the heaviest known elementary particle, has captivated physicists since its discovery in the 1990s and…
NASA discovers “clearest signs of life on Mars” ever found
NASA’s Perseverance Rover found claystones covered in markings nicknamed “leopard spots” and “poppy seeds”. (Image source: NASA) NASA’s…
Our Solar System is Moving More Than Three Times Faster than Expected
To determine the motion of the Solar System, Bielefeld University astrophysicist Lukas Böhme and his colleagues analyzed the…
Astronomers reveal what happened less than a second after the Big Bang
Cosmologists have traced the Big Bang’s earliest moments with great care, from the explosive inflation that set spacetime…
The universe is not and could never be a simulation, study finds
Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to…
The most violent event in the universe could be visible from Earth in less than 10 years
The universe is a vast place in which many cosmic events occur regularly. And in less than ten…
Physicists Just Ruled Out The Universe Being a Simulation
A question that has vexed physicists for the past century may finally have a solution – but perhaps…
New image captures spooky bat signal in the sky
Press Release 31 October 2025 A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s)…
Universe Is Not a Computer Simulation, New Study Says
A team of physicists from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy has mathematically shown that…
Photographers in Space and on Earth Capture Same Scenes at Same Time
In October 2024, the aurora borealis lit up Earth. Astronaut Don Pettit captured it from the ISS, while…
Astronomers Discover a Suspiciously Hard-to-See Object That Just Might Be Evidence of Dark Matter
Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint, low-mass object in the distant cosmos, raising suspicion that it could be…
Dark matter may end our universe in a ‘Big Crunch’
Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven…