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Some fascinating observations of K2-18b have come along with horrendous, speculative communications. There’s no evidence for oceans or life.
With a finite 13.8 billion years having passed since the Big Bang, there’s an edge to what we can see: the cosmic horizon. What’s it like?
The ‘final parsec problem’ is still a mystery for astronomers. When it comes to black holes in the Universe, we know there are at least two major types. There are […]
Scientists with the the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys spent six years creating a detailed map of more than 1 billion galaxies.
A new study from NASA and the SETI Institute comes up with an exciting number of potentially life-supporting planets.
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.
A tiny layer of microscopic dust is the only reason it appears red. When we look out at our planet Earth from space, we see a myriad of diverse colors. The […]
Water may be far more abundant on the lunar surface than previously thought.
Many contrarians dispute that cosmic inflation occurred. The evidence says otherwise.
We’ve almost got the entire story. James Webb will put the last piece into place. In all of science, there are really only two ways that something can be “known” to […]
When you mix science with speculation, you get speculation. But the underlying science is still real. Whenever you hear the phrase, “it’s just a theory,” it should trigger alarm bells in […]
We should all pause to appreciate the awe-inspiring beauty of the Universe.
How two seemingly distinct exoplanet systems turned out to be related. Practically every star in the Milky Way has a similar origin story. At some point in the past, a molecular […]
More than 150 companies are developing flying cars. Here’s why they’re aren’t yet off the ground and darting across city skies.
If dark energy gets stronger with time, our fate could be an utter catastrophe. When it comes to the entire Universe, one of the biggest existential questions we’re capable of […]
The Hubble Space Telescope, 32 years after its launch, broke the all-time record for most distant star. It won’t do better.
Seawater is raising salt levels in coastal woodlands along the entire Atlantic Coastal Plain, from Maine to Florida.
As long as it remains operational, we’ll have a chance to conduct groundbreaking science with it. In the history of spaceflight, only five spacecraft ever launched by humanity possess enough energy […]
Shocked city dwellers who stared at it were blinded instantly, then the entire city caught fire.
The organisms were anchored to a boulder 900 meters beneath the ice, living a cold, dark existence miles away from the open ocean.
Known as primordial black holes, they could thoroughly change our Universe’s history. But the evidence is strongly against them.
Are the stellar remnants in our cosmic backyard actually our parents and grandparents?
A Harvard astronomer went to the bottom of the ocean, claiming he recovered alien technology. But what does the science actually indicate?
And a combination of all three might take us farther than ever. If you want to see the farthest objects in the Universe, you have to know not only where to […]
These ten maps provide a fascinating insight into the impact that soccer (sorry, football) has had worldwide.
Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth’s fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.
A new government report describes 144 sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena.
Using a laboratory model, scientists get a nice Jovian surprise.
You’re gonna die, cloud! All stars, even our Sun, will someday eventually die. After burning on the main sequence for billions of years, the Sun will expand into a red giant, […]