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Are we living in a cosmic computer? New theory suggests gravity is digital

Are we living inside an advanced simulation? It's a question that continues to fascinate scientists, philosophers, and tech leaders like Elon Musk. Some believe the...

Is this the first hint of Planet Nine

The Solar System consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity; the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,...

Scientists bend space-time to create flashes of light from nothing

In a breakthrough that sounds almost like magic, scientists have discovered a way to create flashes of light that seem to come from nowhere...

Astronomers find hidden dark matter bridge in the Perseus cluster

Astronomers have finally solved a cosmic mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. Using powerful observations from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, an international research...

Webb confirms the coldest planet ever found. It’s orbiting a white dwarf

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which is roughly six times...

Young stars grow their planet-making disks in a surprising way

A new study is changing the way scientists think about how young stars and planets form. Led by Professor Paolo Padoan from the Institute of...

How dying stars may forge heavy elements in powerful cosmic jets

Scientists have long puzzled over how the heaviest elements on the periodic table—like uranium and plutonium—are formed. Now, researchers led by Los Alamos National Laboratory...

Almost a quarter of all lunar ejecta eventually hits Earth

The Moon's surface is covered by impact craters, ranging from microscopic pits to massive basins over 1,000 kilometres across. These craters formed primarily during the...

New solar camera captures stunning details of the sun from Hawaii’s mountaintop

A powerful new solar instrument has just taken its first high-resolution images of the sun, offering scientists a closer look at solar activity than...

Scientists discover super-Earths are common far from their stars

A new study led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has revealed that planets larger than Earth—known as...