LIGO just announced the second neutron star-neutron star merger ever seen in gravitational waves. It doesn’t match the first. On August 17, 2017, an event occurred that forever changed how we […]
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There’s a million things we haven’t done. But just you wait. The Universe as we know it began some 13.8 billion years ago with the onset of the hot Big Bang. […]
Matter can indeed sprout out of nothingness, causing the universe to expand.
I’m not saying it’s not aliens, but it’s not aliens. When it comes to life in the Universe, we still have no definitive answer to the biggest question of all, “are […]
And how cutting just $1 billion per year in funding from NASA’s budget would be a catastrophe for science. When you think of the great cosmic beyond and what we know […]
An astrophysicist proposes new designs for stellar engines that can move a solar system.
What happens when simulation theory becomes more than a fascinating thought experiment?
Gravitational wave researchers observe black holes of different sizes colliding for the first time.
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The dream of an ‘Earth-like’ planet showcases our astrobiological ignorance. Over the past decade, our understanding of what planets exist around stars other than our own has exploded. The number […]
From outside a black hole, all masses take an infinite amount of time to cross the event horizon. How, then, can black holes grow? Every Milky Way-sized galaxy should contain hundreds […]
Everyone loves a laugh now and then, except for most of the philosophers you’ve heard of.
It’s one way to interpret recent X-ray data, but it conflicts with much, much better data we already have. Earlier this month, a new study came out claiming something shocking: perhaps […]
A popular and longstanding wave of thought in psychology and psychotherapy is that diagnosis is not relevant for practitioners in those fields.
After living through a terrible epidemic, two inventors have created a self-cleaning door handle.
A tourist generally has an eye for the things that have become almost invisible to the resident.
As we embrace green solutions, nuclear should absolutely be part of the equation. For thousands upon thousands of years, humans have been harnessing the power of nature to provide energy […]
In 774/775, tree rings show a spike in carbon-14 unlike anything else. At last, scientists think they know why. Every once in a while, science gives us a mystery that comes […]
The negative associations of introversion help to explain why loneliness now carries such social stigma.
In one of the ocean’s most lifeless places, scientists discover and resuscitate ancient organisms.
Humans are particularly prone to shiver when a group does or thinks the same thing at the same time.
Mexico City, already progressive, takes more steps to protect its LGBT+ citizens.
Opportunistic agility is running rampant among hackers and scammers.
Many of them are spinning at nearly the speed of light. When you do the math, there’s no other way it could have been. Take a look out there at the […]
The center of our Sun tops out at 15 million K, but nuclear bombs can get nearly 20 times hotter. Here’s how. In terms of raw energy output, nothing on our […]
Within the next billion years, the Magellanic Clouds might merge with our galaxy. But the new stars are already here. Within the Milky Way, there are only a few instances of […]
Light controls your body clock. Hack it to get better sleep.
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It doesn’t matter what’s popular, logical, or intuitive. What matters is what you can observe and measure. Imagine asking the biggest, most fundamental question of all: what is reality? How would […]
Ignoring a scientific truth doesn’t change it, even when the consequences are deadly. “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?” Many of us, as children, […]
Circle spoofing is an advanced form of GPS manipulation – but nobody knows exactly how, or why.
A new paper claims that scientists might be wildly mistaken about the density — and therefore, the shape — of our universe.