How to prove you’ve discovered alien life – new research
In the past few decades, several phenomena have led to excited speculation in the scientific community that they might indeed be indications that there is extraterrestrial...
Saturn’s seasons: what’s happening up there as we feel the autumn breeze down here?
A Peek into Saturn's Summer Ending
Have you ever wondered if other planets have seasons like Earth? Well, scientists from the University of Leicester have...
Is there life out there? NASA’s James Webb Telescope finds intriguing clues on distant...
Do you ever look up at the stars and wonder if we're alone in the universe?
Well, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found something...
Does the universe slow down? Why cosmic structures aren’t growing as fast as we...
Imagine the universe as a giant cosmic web, a bit like a spiderweb, where galaxies are the shiny dewdrops clinging to it.
Over time, you'd...
The case for a small universe
The Universe is big, as Douglas Adams would say.
The most distant light we can see is the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which has taken...
The closest black holes to earth are probably hidden in this nearby star cluster
In the constellation Taurus, there is a cluster of a few hundred stars known as the Hyades.
The cluster is just 150 light-years away, and...
Scientists find a cool way to beat nasty bacteria build-up in space
Scientists have figured out a clever way to stop the growth of harmful bacterial layers, called biofilms, in space.
These biofilms can create big problems...
Astronomers discover magnetic field in a faraway galaxy: What does it tell us?
Did you know that planets, stars, and even whole galaxies have magnetic fields?
Yep, even our Milky Way galaxy has a giant magnetic field!
But there's...
Scientists find the closest black holes to Earth in our cosmic backyard
Imagine having mysterious cosmic monsters right next door!
Scientists say they might have found the closest black holes to Earth ever, and guess where they...
A black hole nibbles on a star every 22 days, slowly consuming it
Astronomers working with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have spotted something unusual.
The observatory’s X-Ray Telescope (XRT) has captured emissions from a supermassive black hole...