One galaxy from 13 billion years ago rivals the Milky Way’s mass but is far smaller. Key Takeaways The James Webb Telescope has spotted massive […]
First alien contact could lead to colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history
SETI listens for extraterrestrial signals but lacks clear ethical guidelines…
NASA sending message to possible alien life hiding on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Europa holds twice the amount of water as all of…
Mysterious object being dragged into supermassive black hole at Milky Way’s centre
X7 moves at 700 miles per second as it nears…
Hoag’s Object Is a Galaxy Within a Galaxy Within a Galaxy
Hoag's Object spans 100,000 light-years, slightly larger than the Milky…
6 Galaxies Trapped In The Web Of An Ancient Supermassive Black Hole
A black hole 1 billion times the Sun's mass sits…
The universe could be 26.7 billion years old, twice as old as current estimates
Key takeaways: A new study suggests the universe may be 26.7 billion years old, roughly twice the age estimated by the current cosmological model. The findings help address the "impossible early galaxy problem," where galaxies…
First alien contact could lead to colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history
SETI listens for extraterrestrial signals but lacks clear ethical guidelines…
NASA sending message to possible alien life hiding on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Europa holds twice the amount of water as all of…
Can a nuclear diamond battery really last 28,000 years?
Voyager’s power output in 1977 was just 158 watts—less than…
A Day on Earth Used to Be Just 19 Hours Long
Earth gained only 0.047 seconds per day since the Bronze…
New technology traps light to strengthen magnetism by 10 times
Trapped light amplified the material’s magnetism 10x, enough to change…
First-ever observational proof connects black holes to dark energy
Key Takeaways: Researchers found evidence of "cosmological coupling," suggesting black…
Astronomers Find The Largest Black Hole Ever That Can Fit 30 Billion Suns Using Gravity and Light
Key Takeaways Astronomers identified a colossal black hole with a…
Mysterious upward-shooting ‘blue jet’ lightning spotted from International Space Station
Key Takeaways: These are rare lightning-like flashes that shoot…
Seven Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Humans Were Already Walking on Two Legs
Analysis of a femur fossil indicates that a key species…
Scientists Spot the Brightest Object Ever–Shining 500 Trillion Times as Bright as the Sun
Astronomers Discover the Brightest Known Object in the Universe, Shining…
Mysteries of the Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system
Voyager 1 will reach the Oort cloud’s inner edge in 300 years, but it won’t work by then. Key Takeaways The Oort cloud lies at […]
Scientists have a new way to find oceans — and possible alien life — on distant planets
Earth’s atmosphere holds just 0.04% CO2 compared to Venus and Mars’ 95%. Key Takeaways Scientists propose detecting low CO2 levels in exoplanet atmospheres as a […]
Physicists want to use gravitational waves to ‘see’ the beginning of time
Gravitational waves from the universe’s first moments still ripple through spacetime today. Key Takeaways Physicists aim to use gravitational waves as a lens to study […]
Black holes may not exist as we know them, but fuzzballs might
Gravitational waves from colliding black holes could reveal if they are actually fuzzballs. Key Takeaways A bold new theory suggests black holes might actually be […]
Evidence of ‘celestial monster’ stars the size of 10,000 suns hidden in the dawn of time
Globular clusters hold 13.4-billion-year-old stars but reveal evidence of even older cosmic giants. Key Takeaways The James Webb Telescope detected evidence of “celestial monster” stars, […]
Europa may host intelligent life resembling octopuses
Europa’s ice sheets are 15 miles thick, shielding a vast ocean 390 million miles away. Key Takeaways A scientist suggests potential life on Jupiter’s moon […]
Could the ‘God of chaos’ asteroid collide with Earth in 2068?
Apophis drifts 170 meters yearly due to sunlight, altering its orbit significantly. Key Takeaways Apophis, an asteroid named after the Egyptian God of Chaos, may […]
Phosphine detection on Venus reignites hope for life beyond Earth
Venus’s atmosphere harbors 5-20 parts per billion of phosphine—far more than Earth’s atmosphere. Key Takeaways Scientists have detected traces of phosphine, a potential biomarker, in […]
There may be 6 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy alone, scientists make stunning estimate
Up to 0.18 Earth-like planets may exist per Sun-like star, totaling billions in our galaxy. Key Takeaways Scientists estimate up to 6 billion Earth-like planets […]