New Proposal for Probing What Came Before the Big Bang
Most everybody is familiar with the Big Bang — the notion that an impossibly hot, dense universe exploded into the one we know today. But…
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Hubble Telescope Image of the Week – Crowded Cluster
Hubble Reveals Amazing New View of the Southern Crab Nebula
VERITAS Collaboration Measures Smallest Star Size to Date
Physicists Observe Quantum Behavior in Liquid Vibrations
Cassini’s Final Flyby Reveals Surprises with Titan’s Lakes
Scientists Discover the First Type of Molecule Formed in the Universe
Scientists Restore Partial Brain Function Hours After Death
Hubble Image of the Week – Comet or Cluster?
Astronomers Reveal First Direct Visual Evidence of a Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of…
Scientists Discover New Species of Early Human in the Philippines
An international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role…
New Shape-Changing Robots Take on Changing Terrains
Robots can change directions, speeds and even their colors. But what about changing their shapes? With help from a sculptor’s intuition, Yale researchers are on…
Planet Orbiting Barnard’s Star Might Have An Atmosphere
The closest exoplanet to us, if we include only single stars like the Sun, is the planet around Barnard’s Star, Barnard’s Star-b (“BSb”). (The planet…
Scientists Reveal Another Way HIV Hides From Vaccines
A Yale-led team has discovered yet another molecular trick HIV uses to survive immune system attacks, a finding that may influence efforts to develop an…
Update on Private Robotic Spacecraft Moon Landing Attempt
April 11 Editor’s Note: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine released the following statement on the Beresheet lunar lander: “While NASA regrets the end of the SpaceIL…
First Image of a Black Hole Captured by Astronomers
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) operates a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes that are linked together. The Black Hole Cam (BHC) Team, led…
Researchers Discover Fossils of Cthulhu-Like Creature
Cthulhu is calling from the ancient depths — and this time, researchers are only too happy to speak its name. Researchers at Yale, Oxford, the…
Chandra Black Hole Close-Up Image Makes History
A black hole and its shadow have been captured in an image for the first time, a historic feat by an international network of radio…