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Despite all that we’ve learned about the Universe, there remain unanswered, and possibly unanswerable, questions. Could “God” be the answer?
The ranking is encouragingly diverse, with the top 10 featuring representation from five regions.
Such massive, early supermassive black holes have puzzled astronomers for decades. At last, we’ve finally figured out how they form.
No matter how controversial or politicized our world becomes, science remains humanity’s best tool for figuring out how things work.
Retired astronaut Ron Garan believes that before we can begin solving our problems, we must understand our interrelatedness through the “orbital perspective.”
The role of the Devil’s advocate was to argue against the beatification of mystics. Contrary to popular belief, they did not wear Prada.
A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.
Like some cold poison creeping up our veins, there’s a frisson in the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
Even if you aren’t in the path of totality, you can still use the solar eclipse to measure how long it takes the Moon to orbit Earth.
Meaningful pictures are assembled from meaningless noise.
When was the last time you spent some quality time with yourself?
The architecture and infrastructure found may well have required the greatest amount of skilled labor of any construction from the same time period in the entire continent.
A single lifetime is more than enough to take you to the limits of the Universe. Right now, there are only three things limiting how far our spacecrafts can take […]
In 1957, humanity launched our first satellite; today’s number is nearly 10,000, with 500,000+ more planned. Space is no longer pristine.
The dark genome makes up 98% of human DNA. Scientists are just beginning to understand its role in cognitive disorders.
The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is the event of a lifetime.
The knobby starfish skeleton has diamond-like properties and could inspire new designs for lightweight, highly resilient ceramics, with widespread applications in engineering and construction.
As the first Friedmann equation celebrates its 99th anniversary, it remains the one equation to describe our entire universe.
A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.
There’s more light than we can account for, and we’ve just measured it robustly for the first time. When we look out at the darkest night skies available on Earth, even […]
According to Tolkien, fantasy requires a deep imagination known as “sub-creation.” And the genre reflects a fundamental truth of being human.
Something isn’t adding up, but it isn’t a calibration error. It’s been nearly 100 years since we discovered that the Universe was expanding. Ever since, the scientists who study the […]
Passing chunks of ice can fertilize ocean waters and play a role in the planet’s carbon cycle.
We haven’t seen a partial eclipse lasting this long since 1440, and won’t again until 2669. North America is perfectly positioned for 2021’s.
The inside of every black hole leads to the birth of a new Universe. Could our Universe have arisen from one?
University of Tokyo scientists observe predicted quantum biochemical effects on cells.
For the cosmos, it’s all too easy being green. Stars come in a wide variety of colors, but never green. Stars form in a wide variety of sizes, colors and masses, […]
Roughly the size of a thumbnail, this newly discovered toadlet has some anatomical surprises.
Radar astronomy is nothing new, but a new transmitter may give us unprecedented image resolution.