The most massive star in the known Universe is 260 times as heavy as our Sun. But viewing the early Universe will shatter that record. Place enough mass together in one […]
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There are real problems that our society faces, and only through expert-level knowledge can we solve them. All across the country, you can see how the seeds of it develop from […]
Silent, carbon-free propulsion with no moving parts.
Billions of years from now, dark energy will push the rest of the Universe out of reach forever. These galaxies will be the last to go. A look at the night […]
From 4 billion miles away, it says a lot about the meaning of time.
Fundamental physics must reconsider its current path and value system.
Two massive clouds of dust in orbit around the Earth have been discussed for years and finally proven to exist.
Ketamine is showing promise in alleviating suicidal thoughts.
The Soviet Union’s space program was years ahead of the USA’s. So how did they lose the space race? Here in the United States and all across the world, humanity is […]
It’s either a cosmic mystery or a terribly mundane mistake. The Universe is expanding, and every scientist in the field agrees with that. The observations overwhelmingly support that straightforward conclusion, and […]
Only 8 worlds make the astronomical cut as planets. Here are the 10 fascinating bodies that didn’t make it. Astronomically, bodies within the Solar System must achieve three criteria in order […]
Antidepressants are destroying underwater ecosystems, which we in turn eat.
Our friendly neighborhood gas giant serves as a cosmic catcher’s mitt.
20 years ago, we discovered that distant galaxies were accelerating away from us. Here’s how the Universe makes it happen. Matter and energy tell spacetime how to curve; curved spacetime tells […]
The impact of this research could help save millions of lives each year. Only thing is, it has to be done from space.
Credit: NASA NASA this week unveiled its new plan that many are calling “bold” and other lofty adjectives, with a 10-to-20-year span, each phase of which is somewhat dependent on […]
Thousands of churches are left behind every year in America.
Climate change is a dire threat, perhaps it is time to put the people who created and denied the problem on trial?
The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.
Lederman helped promote the importance of particle physics to the general public and his research laid the groundwork for the Standard Model.
Built in a vacuum, this little dynamo is challenging the boundaries of physics.
Einstein’s God is infinitely superior but impersonal and intangible, subtle but not malicious. He is also firmly determinist.
A new book tells the very old story in a fun way for a younger generation.
In General Relativity, even space and time themselves aren’t what they seem. Gravity might have been the first fundamental force ever discovered, but in many ways, it remains the least-well understood. […]
The contestants would try to reach the end of the world, as they understand it.
The entire device is about the size of an ice chest, and the temperature it achieves will be 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space.
Even the best science imaginable has its limits. In terms of ambition, it’s hard to ask for more than to know absolutely everything there is to know about the Universe. That’s […]
The accelerated expansion of the Universe is one of the greatest puzzles today. Could this out-of-the-box idea explain it without dark energy? When it comes to our quest to understand the […]
Depending on how you measure it, there are two different answers that could be right. If you want to see what’s out there in the Universe, you first have to be […]
Of all the experiments performed and measurements made involving fundamental particles, none has ever violated the Standard Model. Until now. If there’s one thing you can count on physicists for, it’s […]