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The universe’s rate of expansion is in dispute – and we may need new physics to solve it
Next time you eat a blueberry (or chocolate chip) muffin consider what happened to the blueberries in the batter as
Continue readingNASA’s Parker Solar Probe is attempting to touch the sun
We have sent probes zooming throughout our local solar system. There have been human landings on the moon, asteroid touchdowns,
Continue readingThere Is an Absolutely Gigantic Rogue Planet Wandering Our Galactic Neighbourhood
There is a very strange object floating around our stellar neighbourhood and it has astronomers intrigued. It’s very large, and
Continue readingScientists Are Angry About ‘Planet 9’—and It’s Because of Pluto
In early 2016, scientists from the California Institute of Technology published a paper suggesting that a mysterious planet larger than the
Continue readingScientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth
Scientists have identified a group of planets outside our solar system where the same chemical conditions that may have led
Continue readingAstrophysicists Just Saw an Amazing Structure in the Sun’s Outer Atmosphere
The sun is a giant, churning ball of gases, with an atmosphere that flings streamers and blobs of particles into
Continue readingAstronomers Have Made The First Detection of a Radioactive Molecule in Space
After a long search, a cosmic mystery has an answer. Astronomers have made the very first unambiguous detection of a
Continue readingX-ray technology reveals never-before-seen matter around black hole
In an international collaboration between Japan and Sweden, scientists clarified how gravity affects the shape of matter near the black
Continue readingEverything You Need to Know About Tonight’s Historic Blood Moon – The Longest This Century!
On July 27th, 2018 most of the world will be treated to an extraordinary evening of activity in the sky.
Continue readingThe Edge of Space Just Crept 12 Miles Closer to Earth
If astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell’s calculations are correct, the cosmic boundary where the laws of airspace suddenly give way to the
Continue readingMassive lake of water found beneath Mars’ south pole could host life
We have found water on Mars – again. Satellite data suggests there is a large lake of liquid water hidden
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