Could the Milky Way turn dangerous? Discovery of distant galaxy raises big questions
A stunning new discovery has revealed a massive spiral galaxy, located nearly 1 billion light-years away, that is doing something scientists didn’t think was...
Good News. The death star isn’t pointed towards us
It’s ok, Darth Vader hasn’t got our humble planet in his sights!
No this Death Star is a binary system where both stars are locked...
A Dyson swarm made of solar panels would make earth uninhabitable
As civilisations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase.
It’s likely that an advanced civilisation might need so much power that they...
Scientists discover 2,674 dwarf galaxies with Euclid Telescope
For nearly two years, the Euclid space telescope, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), has been capturing deep-space images to help scientists create...
Scientists discover the clearest baby picture of the universe
Scientists have taken the clearest-ever images of the universe when it was just 380,000 years old—essentially a baby picture of the cosmos.
This incredible discovery...
Scientists find giant gas reservoir in infant galaxy cluster
Astronomers have discovered a massive hidden fuel source in a young galaxy cluster, revealing new clues about how galaxies form and grow.
Using the powerful...
Asteroid Donaldjohanson: A space rock that could rewrite history
New research suggests that the asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson formed about 150 million years ago when a much larger asteroid broke apart.
Since then, its orbit...
We finally know the mass of brand new neutron stars
When massive stars explode as supernovae, they can leave behind neutron stars.
Other than black holes, these are the densest objects we know of. However,...
Can any nearby supernova cause a mass extinction
The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays.
Even though they only share a small fraction of...
Why we are so scared of space—and how this fear can drive conspiracy theories
There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there's still time to worry about bad things arriving from above.
The most recent is the asteroid...