Science
The most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way contains incredible images of over 1.5 billion objects within our galaxy. The 200,000 images were collected by the Visible and Infrared … Read More
Tiny, ancient black holes could whizz through our Solar System as often as once a decade, according to a new study. We could spot them by watching for a wobble … Read More
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all Notice: JavaScript is required for this … Read More
BOSTON – There is the potential that a “naked-eye” comet will be visible over Massachusetts for the next few days. In simpler terms, that means a comet that can be … Read More
North Americans are in for a celestial treat as a star is set to explode in the coming days. It is part of the two-star system, called T Coronae Borealis … Read More
Researchers have spotted an apparent downside of smarter chatbots. Although AI models predictably become more accurate as they advance, they’re also more likely to (wrongly) answer questions beyond their capabilities … Read More
A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae … [+] Borealis. T NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center What happened … Read More
The reason we call dark matter dark isn’t because it’s some shadowy material. It’s because dark matter doesn’t interact with light. The difference is subtle, but important. Regular matter can … Read More
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a bizarre galaxy in the early universe whose gas outshines its stars, marking it out as a possible missing link in galactic … Read More
Drone footage captured by Oregon State University researchers off the coast of Newport offers new insights into how a gray whale’s size affects its foraging behavior and what role social … Read More
