Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, famed for his work on black holes, claims we’ve seen evidence from a prior Universe. Only, we haven’t.
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For the first time, light that comes from behind a black hole has been spotted.
Is the Universe finite or infinite? Does it go on forever or loop back on itself? Here’s what would happen if you traveled forever.
There are two different ways to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, and they don’t agree. And no, new measurements don’t help.
The record-breaking transmission could revolutionize deep space communication.
When we started imaging the Universe with Hubble, every star had four “spikes” coming from it. Here’s why Webb will have more.
Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up.
Even at its faintest, Venus always outshines every other star and planet that’s visible from Earth, and then some!
The aging brain is networked differently.
You’ve certainly seen the paintings — but they don’t depict what you think they do. Benjamin Moser discusses with Big Think.
It’s the very closest stars to us that hold the key to unlocking the possibilities for life in star systems all throughout the Universe.
Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.
‘Fast Optical Bursts’ will confound ground-based astronomy. As of 2021, planet Earth is currently experiencing the least pristine night sky in recorded history. Prior to the development of artificial lighting, […]
13.8 billion years ago, the hot Big Bang gave rise to the Universe we know. Here’s why the reverse, a Big Crunch, isn’t how it will end.
Atomic clocks keep time accurately to within 1 second every 33 billion years. Nuclear clocks could blow them all away.