All stars will eventually die. But we’ve never seen ones die like this before. When you look up at the sky, most of the points of light we see appear to […]
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A black hole’s event horizon is thought of as the point of no return. But perhaps there are ways back out, after all. Black holes just might be the most extreme […]
If galaxies are cities in the Universe, how unfortunate that our ‘cosmic country’ is dissolving. On the largest cosmic scales of all, planet Earth appears to be anything but special. […]
Small sample size? No underlying theory? Conflicts with all other results? It checks all the boxes. There’s nothing that’s special, on a cosmic scale, about our place in the Universe. Not […]
If there really is another version of you out there in a parallel universe, what can that teach us about reality?
Scientific surprises are often how science advances. But more often than not, they’re just bad science. When you’re a scientist, getting an unexpected result can be a double-edged sword. The best […]
A recent headline claimed they could. But if gamma-rays are just a form of light, don’t they have to travel at light-speed? There’s an ultimate speed limit in the Universe: […]
Even with leap years and long-term planning, our calendar won’t be good forever. Here’s why, and how to fix it.
Unless you plan to try again in 6,800 years, this week is your shot.
States set their own voting laws, so where does this make voting easiest?
For over 50 years, it’s been the scientifically accepted theory describing the origin of the Universe. It’s time we all learned its truths. The Universe we know today, filled with stars […]
Ancient corridors below the French capital have served as its ossuary, playground, brewery, and perhaps soon, air conditioning.
The most famous ‘supernova impostor’ of all could have died back in the 1840s. Here’s what we think kept it alive. In all of astronomy, no stellar event releases more energy […]
How a study on worms pointed the way towards a treatment for dementia.
Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.
Is the time crystal really an otherworldly revolution, leveraging quantum computing that will change physics forever?
The TRUTHS mission aims to collect extremely precise data on how much radiation Earth absorbs and reflects.
Avi Loeb says it’s aliens. Every other astronomer disagrees. Here’s why. In 2017, an astronomical event occurred that was unlike any other: for the first time, we observed an object that […]
Singapore has approved the sale of a lab-grown meat product in an effort to secure its food supplies against disease and climate change.
Zeno’s paradox stumped philosophers, mathematicians, and intellectuals for millennia. It took physics to finally solve it. The fastest human in the world, according to the Ancient Greek legend, was the heroine […]
Recent American presidents have all faced a crisis of legitimacy in a trend that threatens the health of our democracy.
There’s a lot left to understand, ponder, and investigate. And there always will be. For hundreds of thousands of years — nearly all of human history — we had no definitive answers to some of […]
Add some color to the internal structures and you’ve got some eye-popping imagery.
It’s not the only one of its kind, but it’s definitely makes no sense without dark matter. Throughout the Universe, galaxies and star clusters come in all different sizes and masses. […]
Business leaders know they must prepare for technological upheavals in the years ahead. But keeping up-to-date on new technologies—to say nothing of understanding their complexities and forecasting those shifts—is an […]
New study of gamma rays and gravitational lensing points to the possible presence of dark matter.
A large-scale study from King’s College London explores the link between genetics and sun-seeking behaviors.
Pew Research Center data shows that most people think diversity improves lives in their countries.
How the phenomenon of time dilation became very real to me … at a monastery.