Astronomers detect first known ‘death wish’ planet
The outlook isn’t great for the exoplanet HIP 67522 b. Over the next 100 million years, powerful magnetic fields and...
The outlook isn’t great for the exoplanet HIP 67522 b. Over the next 100 million years, powerful magnetic fields and...
Two years ago, a team of astronomers requested help from citizen scientists around the world for the Kilonova Seekers Project....
Earlier this year, astronomers alerted the world to a startling possibility: based on initial calculations, it appeared that a recently...
Albert Einstein’s most powerful public reflection on the atomic bomb and his role in its creation failed to auction on...
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” — Rachel CarsonCarson’s words reflect...
For nearly two decades, balloons carrying highly sensitive atmospheric instruments have drifted more than 25 miles above one of the...
Scientists have taken a major step toward the ambitious global goal of “redefining the second” by the end of this...
Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is influenced by the flipper’s force, its surrounding airflow,...
The Earth is dotted with numerous “gateways to Hell.” In the remote Siberian tundra, the Batagay Crater continues to expand...
On the southern border of Senegal lies a small village called Keur Niangane. The roughly 1,200 residents of this village...
At any given time across the universe, massive cosmic bodies are releasing incomprehensible amounts of energy. Stars burn like celestial...
A laser named after the most powerful god in ancient Greece is living up to its name. According to the...