Dark Matter Survives a Challenge to its Existence, but Debate is not over Yet
The quest to explain the definition of dark matter has proved so frustrating that some physicists have suggested a fundamental alternative. If there is no…
Astronomy
Astronomers Spotted a Giant Blinking Star near the Centre of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered a massive ‘blinking’ star near the center of the Milky Way, over 25,000 light years away. An international team of astronomers observed…
A Pair of Orbiting Black Holes Millions of Times the Sun’s Mass – NASA’s Visualization
In a new NASA visualization, a pair of black holes millions of times the mass of the Sun perform a hypnotic pas de deux. The…
Sightings of a Strange Spiral in the Skies Over the Pacific Explained
Recent reports from U.S. officials regarding the unidentified flying object (UFO) – or more precisely, its lack – prove that many mysteries remain in the…
Astrophysicists developed a New Method for Pinpointing Rare Extragalactic Objects
Astrophysicists have developed a new method for locating extremely rare extragalactic objects. They hope that their method for detecting ‘changing-look quasars’ will bring scientists one…
People have been Seeing a Strange Spiral in the Skies over the Pacific
Recent reports – or more precisely, the lack of information from U.S. officials about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) – prove that many mysteries remain in…
Astrophysicists find Magnetic Field in a Decades-long Gamma-ray Burst
An international team of scientists led by astrophysicists from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom measured the magnetic field in a distant Gamma-Ray…
A Mega Comet or Minor Planet is Approaching on a Very Eccentric Orbit
An object with an orbit that takes it about a light year from the sun is about to give us a one-time visit. We have…
A Petition to Keep Jeff Bezos from Returning to Earth has Reached 100,000 Signatures
Next month, Elon Musk will become the world’s richest man technically when his space rival and Earth’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, will be launched into space…
Watch as China’s Taikonauts Safely Dock with the Tiangong Space Station
Taikonaut Ni Haisheng, Liu Booming, and Tang Hongbo have safely contracted with China’s Tiangang space station, building the first new space station and the first…
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