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The Orion constellation star Betelgeuse might actually be two separate stellar bodies, a shocking new study has suggested
Researchers are suggesting that Betelgeuse's strange dimming pattern might be caused by a secret co…
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Neutron star collision can annihilate Earth’s ozone layer, leaving it devoid of life for thousands of years
Very recently, a team of scientists decided to explore the hypothetical possibility of such a kilon…
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Hidden third stars could be making binary star system members eat each other, scientists find
Scientists speculate that the concealed third star in Be star systems might gradually compel the mo…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will spend its first year looking for primordial galaxies, gold-forging explosions, and habitable planets
NASA is about to launch the world's most powerful space telescope. Webb's first year of science cou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Neutron Jack' fired thousands of GE workers and helped the rise of 'Trumpism'. A new book explains why he was wrong
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch was responsible for the worst of the US economic system, say…
Ryan Hogg
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An average neutron star is 1.4 times the mass of the Sun — but it’s no bigger than a city in size
On average, a neutron star has 1.4 times the density of the Sun. However, the Sun is more than…
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Einstein thought we'd never detect ripples in space-time. But 100 years later, a remarkable experiment is proving him wrong over and over.
Einstein predicted that noise and vibrations on Earth would prevent us from ever being able to dete…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Black hole or a neutron star — NASA puzzled over strange bright lights in the 'Fireworks' galaxy
The irony is that the observatory wasn’t really looking for either of them. The primar…
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Humans are made of gold — silver and platinum too
Billions and billions of years ago, before the world even existed, a collision between two neutron …
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Two dead stars are dancing around each other proving Einstein's theory right
A star that’s 1.27 times the mass of the Sun is dragging the fabric of space and time with it
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Scientists think they've observed a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time. It made ripples in space and time, as Einstein predicted.
Scott's team think the ripples in spacetime from this event, also known as gravitational waves, jus…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Newfound Super-Bright Neutron Star Baffles Scientists And Should Not Exist
Like black holes, neutron stars form as a star that is more massive than our sun collapses in on it…
Jessica Orwig
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This Neutron Star Spins Faster Than A Helicopter Rotor
As the pulsar whips around, it spews out a jet of charged particles that race along the pulsar's ro…
Randy Astaiza
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One of SpaceX's biggest rivals on competing with Elon Musk and the new space race
Sir Peter Beck has built Rocket Lab into a $3.5 billion space company and SpaceX competitor.
Tom Carter
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Astronomers used JWST to finally solve a 37-year mystery over one of the brightest cosmic explosions ever seen in modern history
The James Webb Space Telescope has solved the mystery of what one of the brightest supernovae in hi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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There might be a secret massive black hole in our galaxy that scientists didn’t know about till now!
We have found evidence for the second-biggest black hole in our Milky Way, challenging our understa…
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Bill Gates says nuclear power has 'impressive' bipartisan support
Bill Gates and other tech leaders are promoting nuclear energy as a clean solution to the country's…
Katie Balevic,Lakshmi Varanasi
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Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun
Astronomers spotted at least 14 irregular and highly energetic bursts in deep space, each lasting o…
Marianne Guenot
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Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations
Lise Meitner discovered how the process of nuclear fission works but she never won a Nobel Prize an…
Adam Barnes
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This new technology for nuclear power could help fuel the AI revolution
Swiss startup Transmutex has pioneered a way to both reduce nuclear waste and increase energy outpu…