Mysterious “little red dot” may be a giant black hole wrapped in gas
Astronomers using NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope may have solved one of the biggest mysteries of the early universe.
A strange object known as...
Scientists create a new kind of Schrödinger’s cat state
Physicists at the University of Oxford have created a new type of quantum state that could help advance quantum computing and deepen our understanding...
Scientists finally find the Milky Way’s missing black hole wind
For more than 50 years, astronomers have searched for a powerful wind blowing from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Now,...
Why lunar regolith could be the key to living on the Moon
The moon may look peaceful from Earth, but its surface is one of the harshest environments imaginable.
It is covered by a layer of fine...
Astronomers solve mystery of strange cosmic signals with rare two-star system
Astronomers have solved one of the biggest mysteries in radio astronomy by identifying the source of a strange type of cosmic signal that has...
How heavy can a neutron star get
The physics of neutron stars are almost too fantastic to believe. Something the weight of two Suns compacted to a sphere the size of...
Everything we thought we knew about dark energy could be wrong
For nearly 30 years, scientists have believed that a mysterious force called dark energy is causing the universe to expand faster and faster.
But a...
Scientists observe magnetic hopfions for the first time in history
Scientists have observed a completely new type of magnetic structure for the first time by using extremely short laser flashes to manipulate magnetism at...
Scientists Finally Capture the First Moments of a Dangerous Hydrogen-Uranium Reaction
Scientists have observed the earliest stages of a powerful chemical reaction between hydrogen gas and uranium metal for the first time, a breakthrough that...
Something just passed between us and a distant star
On the night of 18 December 2019, a star in our satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, briefly got brighter.
Not dramatically nor explosively, just...