Space & Future
20 Years of Watching a Blazar Reveals Something Stranger Than Expected
After nearly two decades of observations, astronomers have discovered that a distant blazar behaves in ways that leading theories struggle to explain.
Instead of solving...
Mysterious Magnetic Star May Have Revealed a 90-Year-Old Quantum Secret
Scientists may have found the strongest evidence yet for one of the strangest predictions in quantum physics—a theory first proposed nearly 90 years ago.
By...
A Simple Heat Treatment Could Make 3D-Printed Metal Parts Tougher for Rockets and Electric...
Scientists have found a way to improve the performance of 3D-printed aluminum bronze, a metal that could be useful for cooling powerful electronic components...
Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ May Be Giant Stars That Gave Birth to the Universe’s...
One of the biggest mysteries revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope may finally have a promising explanation.
Astronomers believe that the strange objects known...
Pluto’s Frozen Heart May Still Be Alive with Flowing Liquid Nitrogen
Pluto may be far colder than any place on Earth, but scientists have discovered evidence that something surprising may still be moving beneath its...
Astronomers Witness a Giant Star’s Final Moments from The Very First Flash of Its...
Astronomers have captured one of the rarest events in the universe—the very first moments of a massive star exploding.
The discovery has given scientists an...
Venus May Still Be Alive with Active Volcanoes, Surprising Study Finds
For many years, scientists believed Venus was a dead world with little or no geological activity. Although it is Earth's closest planetary neighbor, Venus...
Scientists Detect Possible Signs That Pluto’s Atmosphere Is Freezing Out
Scientists may have detected the first signs that Pluto's thin atmosphere is beginning to collapse as the dwarf planet slowly travels farther from the...
Young Stars Reshape Galaxies Long Before They Explode, Astronomers Discover
Young stars do much more than simply light up the night sky.
According to new research, they begin changing the future of their entire galaxies...
Hidden black hole blast revealed years later by a powerful radio glow
Astronomers have uncovered remarkable new evidence of a rare "missing-link" black hole after detecting a powerful burst of radio waves that continued growing brighter...
Can pumping groundwater really flip Earth’s poles
Recently, a government minister in the Northern Territory, pitching a plan to make Darwin "the data center capital of the globe," suggested it might...
Astronomers Uncover the Magnetic Signature Of the Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions
Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough by detecting a hidden magnetic signal from one of the most powerful explosions in the universe.
Using the U.S....
Deep Space
Scientists discover black hole winds shaping surrounding galaxies
Researchers have discovered that powerful winds from supermassive black holes can significantly influence the development of surrounding galaxies.
A team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison...
Scientists detect the most distant galaxy on record
13.5 billion light-years away, it may be home to the oldest stars in the universe.
The most distant galaxy on record has been spotted by...
James Webb Telescope finds planet-forming disks last longer than expected
Astronomers have long believed that planet-forming disks—clouds of gas and dust around young stars—last only about 10 million years before disappearing.
But new observations using...
Arrokoth flyby reveals how planetary building blocks were constructed
The farthest, most primitive object in the solar system ever to be visited by a spacecraft — a bi-lobed Kuiper Belt object known as...
How a 3 cm glass sphere could help understand space weather
UCLA researchers reproduced the gravity that exists on or near stars and other planets inside of a 3 cm glass sphere.




















