The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples ...
Observations show the universe appears flat, yet its true size and global shape beyond the observable horizon may remain forever unknown.
The surface of Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol' Earth helps us understand what the universe might be doing beyond ...
I live near a few volcanoes. One of them – Mount St. Helens – is bubbling with molten material that will probably gush out as lava someday. I asked my friend Johannes Hämmerli about lava. He’s an ...
Earth and the entire Milky Way galaxy might be sitting inside an enormous, mysterious void—a giant cosmic hole making our universe expand faster right here than anywhere else. This unusual idea, ...
Blue oceans, green forests, a cozy blanket of oxygen. Our planet is a super comfy home. It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time it didn’t exist. I asked my friend Julie Ménard how Earth formed. She ...
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A hidden telescope deep underground could soon capture ghosts of stars that died before Earth formed
Scientists are on the verge of detecting neutrinos, particles produced in supernova explosions from stars that perished billions of years ago.The Super-Kamiokande detector, a state-of-the-art ...
New 3D map of the early universe from HETDEX reveals faint hydrogen light linking galaxies 9 to 11 billion years ago.
Observations show that giant star WOH G64 rapidly changed temperature and identity, revealing massive stars evolving in real ...
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