April 11, 2024

Incredibly Rare Cosmic Object Detected in Gravitational Waves For The First Time

A gravitational wave detected in May of last year has given us a type of cosmic collision we’ve never seen

We Just Got a Glimpse of What Will Happen When The Sun Finally Dies

One day, the Sun will die. Our beautiful star can’t last forever. Eventually the elements that fuel its fusion will

Enigmatic ‘Dragon’s Egg’ Star Is a Magnetic Monster And We Finally Know Why

A cosmic mystery has just been solved with violence. A pair of stars named HD 148937 doesn’t look the way

Physicists Finally Capture Mysterious Wigner Crystal After 90 Years

Electrons are marvelous little things. They often hang about orbiting atomic nuclei, but they don’t have to – the Universe

Four Jurassic Fossils Help Explain How We Got Our Ears And Teeth

Two new studies of Jurassic-era fossils from researchers in China, the US, and Australia offer new insight into how mammals

Organic Material Detected in Eggshell Fossils Could Unlock Dinosaur Secrets

As a scientist, lab work can sometimes get monotonous. But in 2017, while a Ph.D. student of paleobiology at the

NASA Spots Surfboard-Shaped Object Speeding Past The Moon

In 2009, NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO.) Its ongoing mission is to map the lunar surface in detail,