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How we could find advanced civilizations that ran out of fusion fuel
When it comes to our modern society and the many crises we face, there is little doubt that fusion power is the way of...
The Sun may be more prone to flares than we thought
This past year saw some significant solar activity.
This was especially true during the month of May, which saw more than 350 solar storms, solar...
How supermassive black holes in the early universe grew so fast
Not long ago, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) peered into Cosmic Dawn, the cosmological period when the first galaxies formed less than one...
Scientists reveal a new way to study near-earth asteroids
On November 18th, 2022, shortly before midnight, the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona and other observatories worldwide detected a small object (now designated...
New study suggests black holes get their “hair” from their mothers
Despite decades of study, black holes are still one of the most puzzling objects in the Universe.
As we know from Einstein’s Theory of General...
How extraterrestrial civilizations could become “stellarvores”
One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is anticipating what life and extraterrestrial civilizations will look...
Scientists have figured out why Martian soil is so crusty
On November 26, 2018, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission landed on Mars.
This was a major milestone in...
Remember that “alien signal” sent by the ExoMars orbiter last year? It’s just been...
In May 2023, the ESA’s Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), currently in orbit around Mars, sent a signal to Earth to simulate a possible...
Astronomers solve the mystery of the famed brown dwarf that is too bright
In 1995, Caltech researchers at the Institute’s Palomar Observatory first observed what appeared to be a brown dwarf orbiting Gliese 229 – a red...
Space Force’s X-37B will perform “never before-seen maneuvers” in orbit
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has been shrouded in mystery since its maiden flight in 2011.
Designed by Boeing and operated by the U.S....