Scientists calculate how much information exists in the observable universe
A theoretical calculation estimates roughly 6 × 10⁸⁰ bits of information in selected ordinary-matter particles across the observable…
Five-dimensional black holes offer a possible explanation for dark matter and neutrinos
A theoretical study predicts five-dimensional primordial black holes within a model containing a hidden extra spatial dimension.Some modeled…
This May Be the Strangest Explanation Yet for the Mysterious Particle That Slammed Into Earth in 2023
In 2023, the KM3NeT neutrino detector picked up an impossibly powerful signal—tens of thousands of times more energetic…
Cosmic gamma rays test the limits of Einstein’s speed of light rule
A reanalysis of cosmic gamma-ray measurements found no evidence of the tested departures from Lorentz invariance.The researchers tightened…
Meet Liam Desre, the 14-year-old Canadian who proposed a thermodynamic alternative to dark energy; his cosmology project won a €5,000 second prize against 144 young researchers from 37 countries at EUCYS 2026
Liam DesrePhoto credit: youthscience.ca In the grand quest to understand why the universe is expanding faster and faster,…
The Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Shaking Cosmology to Its Foundations
The DESI Collaboration is a winner of the 2026 Gizmodo Science Fair for greatly advancing our understanding of…
Asteroid Bennu may have formed much closer to the Sun than scientists thought
Isotope measurements from asteroid Bennu closely match those of asteroid Ryugu and rare CI carbonaceous chondrites, suggesting all…
A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes
The research team focused on 15 of the most “pristine” small, remote galaxies ever discovered for these papers.…
Astronomers Detect a Faint Hydrogen Signal From Billions of Light-Years Away
A faint hydrogen signal from billions of light-years away could help astronomers build a new 3D map of…
A cosmic giant 5,000 times the Milky Way’s mass emerges from the early Universe
Astronomers have reconstructed detailed three-dimensional maps of two enormous protoclusters seen when the universe was only about 2.1…
The Moon may have formed almost intact within hours of Theia smashing into Earth
New simulations of the Moon-forming giant impact show that treating the early Earth and Theia as realistic geological…
Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…