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An astrophysicist proposes new designs for stellar engines that can move a solar system.
The dream of an ‘Earth-like’ planet showcases our astrobiological ignorance. Over the past decade, our understanding of what planets exist around stars other than our own has exploded. The number […]
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants.
Gravitational wave researchers observe black holes of different sizes colliding for the first time.
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Once science operations begin for James Webb, we’ll never look at the Universe the same way again. Here’s what everyone should know.
Scientists have detected within the Venusian atmosphere a chemical known to be a byproduct of life.
Although most of the Universe’s mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can’t make black holes.
On the morning of March 31, 2020, these three worlds will be at their mutual closest in 20 years. For the past few weeks, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter have all shone […]
In order, they go: hydrogen, helium, oxygen, carbon, neon, nitrogen, magnesium, silicon, iron, sulfur. Here’s how we made them. Everything found on planet Earth is composed of the same ingredients: atoms. […]
It’s not for climate science and condensed matter physics. It’s for advancing our understanding beyond spherical cows.
Turns out chitin is quite useful when you need a wrench.
The future of cities on the Moon, Mars and orbital habitats.
We know it couldn’t have began from a singularity. So how small could it have been at the absolute minimum?
But most city dwellers weren’t seeing the science — they were seeing something out of Blade Runner.
No one has seen an equinox this early since the 19th century. And you’d better get used to it. This year, on March 19, 2020, the equinox will occur. For a […]
The solar system has some strange stuff in it. Learning how it ended up that way can tell us where we’re going.
We’re not made out of the densest elements, but we’re the densest planet nonetheless. Here’s why. Of all the planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids and more in the Solar System, only […]
The Crab Nebula goes back to 1054, opening a window into our cosmic past. On July 4, 1054, Chinese astronomers recorded a “guest star” in the Taurus constellation. A ‘guest star’ […]
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
The anthropic principle has some fascinating scientific uses. And abuses, too. For thousands of years, humans have pondered the meaning of our existence. From philosophers who debated whether their minds could […]
These Roman Emperors were infamous for their debauchery and cruelty.
A few years ago, the first dark matter-free galaxies were announced, and then immediately disputed. Now, there are too many to ignore.
The origin of the 3rd element on the periodic table was one of the great cosmic mysteries. We just solved it. How did we form the elements that pervade the Universe […]
The rings are raining down onto the planet, and disappearing surprisingly fast. 4.5 billion years ago, our Solar System first formed. Protoplanetary disks, which all solar systems are thought to […]
It’s one of only five spacecraft that will exit the Solar System, and the only one we have a chance to aim at another star. Of all the spacecraft ever launched, […]
Big dreams and big telescopes are back at last, but everything depends on sufficiently funding NASA, the NSF, and the DOE.
A European start-up uses satellite data to pinpoint individual sources of abnormal methane concentration.
After a decade of failed attempts, scientists successfully bounced photons off of a reflector aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, some 240,000 miles from Earth.
New study figures out how stars produce gamma ray bursts.