A Nearby Rocky Planet Just 66 Light-Years Away Could Unlock Secrets of Small Planets in Our Galaxy TL;DR Astronomers have discovered GJ 1252 b, a […]
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There are over 700 quintillion planets in the universe, but there’s truly no place like home
Earth Might Be One of a Kind, Despite the 70 Quintillion Planets Predicted to Exist in the Universe TL;DR According to astrophysicist Erik Zackrisson’s computer […]
Impacts that formed the Moon may be buried deep within Earth
Throughout their childhood, Earth and Theia lived in harmony but everything changed when gravitational disturbances attacked TL;DR Scientists have proposed that two massive rock formations […]
Forget Black Holes—White Holes Would Break Your Puny Brain
White Holes: Theoretical Counterparts to Black Holes That Could Rewrite Our Understanding of the Universe TL;DR White holes, the theoretical opposites of black holes, could […]
13,600-Year-Old Mastodon Skull Discovered in Iowa
Archaeologists Unearth 13,600-Year-Old Mastodon Skull in Iowa, Possibly Linked to Early Human Hunters TL;DR Archaeologists have discovered a 13,600-year-old mastodon skull in southern Iowa, shedding […]
Magnetars strong enough to warp all the atoms in your body from 1,000 miles away
Astronomers Discover Magnetars: Stars with Magnetic Fields Strong Enough to Destroy Earth’s Ozone Layer TL;DR: Magnetars are an extreme type of neutron star formed from […]
A star was discovered to be as small as the moon but with greater mass than the sun
Astronomers Discover the Smallest Yet Most Massive White Dwarf Star Ever Observed, Exceeding the Sun’s Mass TL;DR: Astronomers have discovered ZTF J1901+1458, the smallest yet […]
Earth is now spinning faster than it did 50 years ago
Suddenly, Earth’s Faster Spin Is Cutting Our Days Shorter, Surprising Scientists and Creating New Challenges TL;DR Earth’s rotation has unexpectedly sped up, shortening our days […]
The Asteroid Hit by NASA Seems to Be Moving Strangely, High School Students Discover
NASA’s DART Mission Caused Unexpected Changes in Asteroid Dimorphos’ Orbit After Collision TL;DR Nearly a year after NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, scientists are […]
Charged black holes may contain a mini fractal universe
The chances of being inside a black hole is low, but never zero. TL;DR Physicists have studied the math behind charged black holes within anti-de […]