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Professional astronomy images are the gold standard. But this Large Magellanic Cloud composite is the amateur community’s best image ever.
There are plenty of life-friendly stellar systems in the Universe today. But at some point in the far future, life’s final extinction will occur.
McDermitt Caldera, the site of an ancient volcanic eruption, straddles the border of Oregon and Nevada.
Uncertainty is inherent to our Universe.
Studying neuroscience through art.
Like humans, stars die. The James Webb Space Telescope’s early images already give us a lot of information about how this happens.
Back in 1990, we hadn’t discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would’ve surprised every astronomer.
Harmony and moderation make for a happier life.
LK-99, almost certainly, isn’t a room-temperature superconductor. The underlying physics of the phenomenon helps us understand why.
Could we finally detect the elusive Unruh effect?
After almost a century in print, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” still has lessons to teach us.
There are many things that separate science from ideology, politics, philosophy, or religion. Follow these 10 commandments to get it right.
It happened more than once, and needed to. Here’s why. If there’s one thing you can be certain about when it comes to outer space, it’s that it’s transparent, not opaque, […]
A recent study highlights the astounding adaptability of the human brain.
CERN scientists achieved record-breaking accuracy in mapping the mass of a key particle in the Standard Model.
As viewed by the MeerKAT telescope, this radio view of the Milky Way blows away every other way we’ve ever seen our home galaxy.
He peppers his sentences with words like “neat” and “cool,” he’s not great at working the room after dinner — oh, and he’s a peerless visionary.
90’s kids know him from All That, Kenan & Kel, and Good Burger. This is Kel Mitchell, who sat down with us to share how he persevered through some of the hardest moments of his life.
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There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data. What have we really learned from it all?
Once the initial blaze of heat dissipated, the constituent particles of atoms were free to bind.
Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring Starship’s second test flight, a new “dark mysteries” telescope, and more.
Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.
In our Solar System, even the two brightest planets frequently align in our skies. But only rarely is it spectacularly visible from Earth.
IceCube scientists have detected high-energy tau neutrinos from deep space, suggesting that neutrino transformations occur not only in lab experiments but also over cosmic distances.
There were many similarities, but also some profound differences.
From the tiniest subatomic scales to the grandest cosmic ones, solving any of these puzzles could unlock our understanding of the Universe.
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.