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Scientists have a dusty new way to create a star on Earth
Using boron powder could finally present a way to create the heat required for electricity wit…
Astronomers have observed the longest supernova ever seen. The mysterious explosion might have annihilated its star, leaving nothing behind.
In theory, this type of explosion would occur when super-massive stars start producing too many mat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
There's a twisted reason why this distant star flickers every couple of minutes
"The strength of the pulsations are unprecedented," lead study author Thomas Marsh of the Universit…
Ali Sundermier
Here's A Hypnotizing New Image Of A Mysterious Ancient Star Cluster
The blob of stars hold some mystery to astronomers still. While studying the cluster with Hubble in…
Jennifer Welsh
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…
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
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
A strange signal from deep space has been detected every 22 minutes for more than 30 years. Scientists have no idea what is causing it.
The signal is thought to come from a dying star emitting energy from its poles. But it's spinning t…
Marianne Guenot
Black holes are rampaging through our universe at more than 2.2 million mph and scientists think they now know why
Scientists simulating the death of supermassive stars witnessed an unusual kick that sometimes occu…
Maiya Focht
Scientists are building tunnels under South Dakota for a $3 billion experiment that could solve some of the universe's grandest mysteries
To study tiny "ghost particles" known as neutrinos, scientists with Fermilab's DUNE project will be…
Jenny McGrath
A mysterious object has been spotted that's 10 million times as bright as the sun. Scientists can't work out why it hasn't exploded.
An ultraluminous X-ray source spotted 12 million light-years away appears to be breaking the known …
Marianne Guenot
NASA's Hubble spots a mysterious flash in the middle of nowhere that defies science
Scientists thought they knew what caused the rare flash, but they were wrong, the new observation s…
Marianne Guenot
NASA released stunning new space images by combining the visual powers of the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory
New NASA images of two galaxies, a star cluster, and a nebula use X-ray technology to enhance glimp…
Jacob Zinkula
Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon. They're already drafting blueprints and mak…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope blows past Hubble again, revealing an iconic supernova in unprecedented detail
The supernova, which was first discovered in 1987, has a keyhole-like formation, full of clumpy gas…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Grace E…
31 Nobel Prize winners had ties to the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer isn't on the list.
The Manhattan Project employed hundreds of thousands of people, including at least 31 Nobel Prize w…
Jenny McGrath
Astronomers using a NASA space telescope spotted the first signs of a planet beyond the Milky Way
If this planet exists, it's orbiting a dead star or a black hole and it only passes through Earth's…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Scientists detected ripples in space and time from a potentially new class of collision in the universe. Their observatory cracked a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein.
It goes like this: As neutron stars move toward each other, a tiny bit of their material gets shot …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Cosmic lighthouses to help space travellers find ways to Moon, Mars
Washington, June 17 (IANS) Just as lighthouses have helped sailors navigate safely into harbor for …
Indian astrophysicists find distinctive signature of cosmic X-rays to identify the boundary around black holes
Although black holes does not have a surface, it is confined within an invisible boundary, cal…