In 4 billion years, when the Milky Way galaxy collides with the Andromeda Galaxy, the distance between the stars will be so vast that none […]
Category: Astronomy
Researchers capture first-ever ‘image’ of a dark matter that connects galaxies
TL;DR Researchers have created a composite image showing dark matter’s role in linking galaxies, using data from 23,000 galaxy pairs located 4.5 billion light-years away. […]
Astronomers Find Cosmic Filaments Rotate Across Hundreds of Millions of Light-Years
Cosmic filaments may be the biggest spinning objects in space TL;DR Scientists have discovered that cosmic filaments, the largest known structures in the universe, are […]
Scientists Discover an Earth-Sized Planet Right Next to Us
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 […]
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 […]
Seven Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Humans Were Already Walking on Two Legs
Analysis of a femur fossil indicates that a key species could already move somewhat like us TL;DR New research on a Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossil reveals […]
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 […]