cosmos

Two new studies examine ways we could engineer human wormhole travel.

Some scientists believe the lightning-produced frequencies may be connected to our brain waves, meditation, and hypnosis.

Here’s what Einstein meant when he spoke of cosmic dice and the “secrets of the Ancient One”.

NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller is coming back to Big Think’s studio soon to answer YOUR questions! Here’s all you need to know to submit your science-related inquiries.

Three lines of evidence point to the idea of complex, multicellular alien life being a wild goose chase. But are we clever enough to know?

A unique star system where exoplanets orbit their star backwards located by researchers.

One galaxy may have eaten one of its slightly smaller, more primitive neighbors.

A new study found the possible reason why some dwarf galaxies appear to not have dark matter.

Artist Seán Doran recently created more than eight hours of high-definition video using images captured by Japan’s SELENE lunar orbiter.

Inventions with revolutionary potential made by a mysterious aerospace engineer for the U.S. Navy come to light.

Researchers discover strange behavior in magnetars, ultra-powerful magnetic stars.

Science doesn’t exist in a cultural and existential vacuum and its teaching shouldn’t either.

Ari Loeb, who suggested in 2018 that the mysterious object was an alien craft, is back to discuss the evidence.

A new study analyzed Martian glaciers to discover that the planet had numerous ice ages.

Researchers discover black holes that violate the uniqueness theorem and have “gravitational hair.”

Dr. Katie Mack explains what dark energy is and two ways it could one day destroy the universe.

A unique exoplanet without clouds or haze was found by astrophysicists from Harvard and Smithsonian.

The newly discovered galaxies are 62 times bigger than the Milky Way.

To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, “we should have humility but also self-respect,” Frank Wilczek writes in a new book.

A new study proposes mysterious axions may be found in X-rays coming from a cluster of neutron stars.

What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.

The expansion of the universe is speeding up—contrary to what many physicists expected. A “heat death” is coming, but it’s not what you think.

Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.

Scientists find an exoplanet whose strange behavior may lead to the Solar’s System hidden ninth planet.

Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel.

Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.

See the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.

A new study shows our planet is much closer to the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center than previously estimated.

A strange object found in the desert has prompted worldwide speculation.

Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.