A new species of confuciusornithid bird being named Confuciusornis shifan has been identified from a nearly complete skeleton found in northeastern…
Multiple NASA telescopes recently observed a massive black hole tearing apart an unlucky star that wandered too close. Located about 250 million lig…
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Einstein's theory of general relativity upended humanity's understanding of the universe more than a century ago, and since then, scientist…
Scientists spotted something exciting on Saturn's moon Titan in images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in early November — cloud…
Scientists have just announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion ignition: For the first time the heart of a powerful fusion reactor has briefly gen…
There is a frozen soup of viruses, bacteria and fungal spores lurking beneath the frigid Arctic soil. Unlike the icy leftovers in the back of your …
For the first time, physicists have made light appear to move simultaneously forward and backward in time. The new technique could help scientists …
For the first time, scientists have created a quantum computing experiment for studying the dynamics of wormholes – that is, shortcuts through sp…
Computer simulation of radiation through the all-swallowing gravitational field of a black hole. Photo: ESA A new kind of black hole analog could t…
Hypothetical bridges connecting distant regions of space (and time) could more or less look like garden variety black holes, meaning it's possi…
Everything in the Universe has gravity – and feels it too. Yet this most common of all fundamental forces is also the one that presents the biggest…
Today, the number of confirmed exoplanets stands at 5,197 in 3,888 planetary systems, with another 8,992 candidates awaiting confirmation. One pu…