Space & Future
How old is the universe? The oldest stars in the Milky Way may hold...
How old is the universe?
Scientists have long tried to answer this question, but different measurement methods have produced conflicting results.
Now, researchers from the University...
The coldest ‘stars’ in the galaxy might actually be alien megastructures
Ever since physicist Freeman Dyson first proposed the concept in 1960, the "Dyson sphere" has been the holy grail of techno-signature hunters.
A highly advanced...
Scientists spot unexpected cold region inside Jupiter’s northern lights
Jupiter’s northern lights are the most powerful in the solar system, but new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed surprising...
Mars Express reveals a landscape filled with ancient craters on the red planet
A new image captured by the Mars Express orbiter offers a striking view of one of the most heavily cratered regions on Mars.
The image...
Scientists discover super-tough microbe that could survive a journey from Mars to Earth
Life on Earth may not be as isolated as we once thought. New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that tiny life forms could...
Red dwarf stars might starve alien plants of the quality light they need to...
Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy.
Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets we’ve found so...
How long do civilizations last
It is one of the most famous questions in science, and it was asked, as legend has it, over lunch.
Enrico Fermi, the physicist who...
Scientists discover cost-saving way to build structures on the moon
Scientists are exploring an exciting idea for future space missions: building structures on the Moon using the Moon’s own soil.
A new study shows that...
Giant dying stars create tiny cosmic dust that could form new planets
A new study shows that some of the largest and most powerful stars in the universe are producing incredibly tiny particles of carbon dust—material...
New method may finally resolve the “Hubble tension” puzzle
Scientists have known for nearly a century that the universe is expanding, with galaxies moving away from each other over time.
The speed of this...
Can Martian soil kill Earth microbes? Water bears reveal surprising clues
Scientists are using one of Earth’s toughest microscopic creatures to explore an important question for future space travel: Could the soil on Mars naturally...
6 million years ago something slammed into modern-day Brazil
Giant impacts on Earth's surface can be cataclysmic events with far-reaching consequences. They can excavate massive craters like the Vredefort Crater.
There's also growing evidence...
Deep Space
Since interstellar objects crashed into Earth in the past, could they have brought life
On October 19th, 2017, astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey detected an interstellar object (ISO) passing through our Solar System for the first time.
The object,...
This black hole spins on its side
In a new study from University of Freiburg, scientists have reliably measured for the first time a large difference between the rotation axis of...
Astronomers defy the zone of avoidance to find hundreds of new galaxies
There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds of dust, it hides an unseen mass.
A mass...
NASA’s Juno discovers salts and organics on Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has a big moon named Ganymede. NASA's Juno spacecraft has found some exciting things on this...
100 years ago, we discovered the universe was bigger than we ever imagined
One hundred years ago, on November 23, 1924, a groundbreaking discovery reshaped our understanding of the universe.
A small article in The New York Times...