We can use black holes particle accelerators
With the federal government cutting funds for research, scientific organizations are facing a budget crunch.
This includes astrophysics and cosmology, where researchers test theories fundamental...
How old smartphones could help save the planet
Old smartphones are getting a new lease on life—not as communication devices, but as mini data centers.
A team of researchers from the University of...
Astronomers find a hidden planet partly in the habitable zone of its star
Astronomers have found another super-Earth. It's about 10 times more massive than Earth, and orbits in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star 2475...
This massive gas giant orbiting a tiny red dwarf tests our planet formation theories
The discovery of a Saturn-sized gas giant orbiting a small red dwarf is urging astronomers to reconsider their theories of planet formation.
Typically, astronomers find...
Two giant galaxy clusters are about to crash—again
In an extraordinary discovery, astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have found evidence that two galaxy clusters—huge groups of galaxies held...
Titan may be the liveliest place in the solar system
Every single organism on Earth, no matter the biome, the kingdom, the domain, whether it's an extremophile in a hot spring or some lithotroph...
How a giant hot planet may have traveled across its solar system
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made new discoveries about the origin and atmosphere of a distant planet called WASP-121b.
This planet...
Astronomers discover most powerful explosions since the big bang
Astronomers have discovered a new kind of massive explosion in space—so powerful that they outshine anything we've ever seen before.
These extraordinary bursts of energy,...
What 500 petabytes of the night sky can teach us about the universe
When we gaze up at a star-filled night sky, we often feel a sense of awe and wonder.
But for scientists, those thousands of points...
When a black hole devours a star: The cosmic quakes, shockwaves, and signals left...
Deep in space, some of the universe’s most dramatic events unfold when two extreme objects—like a black hole and a neutron star—spiral together and...