Scientists discover new liquids that could support life on other worlds
For decades, scientists searching for life beyond Earth have focused on one key requirement: liquid water.
Since water is essential for life here, it has...
Astronomers watch a giant black hole “wake up” for the first time
Astronomers have caught a rare cosmic event in action—a supermassive black hole “waking up” after a long period of inactivity. Using the Very Long...
Astronomers detect most distant fast radio burst ever
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) last around a millisecond and in doing so encode otherwise unattainable information on the plasma which permeates our Universe, providing...
Scientists trace light from a black hole 13.3 billion years in the past
Astronomers have confirmed the most distant black hole ever discovered, giving us a rare glimpse into the early universe.
This enormous black hole, along with...
Scientists discover possible planet around closest sun-like star to Earth
In a thrilling development, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A—one of the...
Dark matter may come from a hidden ‘mirror world,’ study finds
Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in science.
We know it exists—because it makes up about 80% of all matter in the universe...
Astronomers discover a monster black hole 36 billion times heavier than our Sun
Astronomers have just uncovered what may be the most massive black hole ever detected in the universe—an astonishing 36 billion times the mass of...
Can we launch a spacecraft to a black hole? This scientist says yes
It might sound like something out of science fiction: a tiny spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, launched from Earth and traveling at a...
Meet the universe’s oldest confirmed black hole—a monster from the dawn of time
Astronomers have just confirmed the most distant black hole ever found—so far away in both time and space that it offers a glimpse into...
Cosmic grapes reveal a juicy secret about galaxy formation
Astronomers have spotted something truly extraordinary in the early universe—a galaxy made up of clumps of stars that look like a bunch of cosmic...