Astronomers may have found the first stars that formed after the Big Bang
Credit: Neale LaSalle from Pexels For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of…
Unprecedented black hole flare spotted 10 billion light-years away
This artist’s concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30…
Radiocarbon analysis of turfgrasses can help cities measure greenhouse gas emissions
The sun sets over an expanse of greater Los Angeles that is occupied by one of the region’s…
Young water recharges aquifers while old water feeds crops, study finds
Seasonal average ages of water stored in soil during the growing season at three sampling sites within the…
Quasi-periodic oscillation detected in distant blazar’s gamma-ray band
The Fermi-LAT light curve of 4FGL J0309.9-6056 for ∼ 16 years (MJD 54683−60503). The gray inverted triangles represent…
We could use neutrino detectors as giant particle colliders
The IceCube building in Antartica. Credit: Cmichel67/Wikimedia Commons There is a limit to how big we can build…
Modeling black holes is easier with a flicker of light
A sequence of snapshots simulating the rotating Hayward black hole. Credit: Science China Press/Guo, et al A few…
Scientists recreate cosmic ‘fireballs’ to probe mystery of missing gamma rays
The Fireball experiment installed in the HiRadMat irradiation area. Credit: Gianluca Gregori An international team of scientists, led…
The future of propellantless space travel
A Soyuz-FG rocket launches from “Gagarin’s Start” (Site 1/5), Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: Bill Ingalls For over a century,…
Dark matter does not defy gravity, study suggests
Map of the distribution of galaxies observed by the DESI collaboration, from which it is possible to accurately…
Physicists reveal surprising insights from taxi drivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Taxi drivers who slow down when searching for passengers are not only more efficient…
Why do giraffes have such long legs? Animal simulations reveal a surprising answer
The imaginary ‘elaffe,’ with the lower body of an eland and an extended giraffe neck, would use even…