What If the Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning? Supercomputers Search for Clues
By simulating Einstein’s equations under extreme conditions, researchers may finally glimpse what happened before the Big Bang. Credit:…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Discovers 300 Mysterious Objects That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have spotted 300 mysterious objects that may be some of the…
Fast X-ray transient EP240315A from a Lyman-continuum-leaking galaxy at z ≈ 5
Petroff, E., Hessels, J. W. T. & Lorimer, D. R. Fast radio bursts. Astron. Astrophys. Rev. 27, 4…
A Super-Energetic Neutrino That Reached Earth in 2023 Has Been Confirmed to Be Real. But Where Did It Come From?
In February 2023, a cosmic particle detector housed deep in the Mediterranean Sea recorded the arrival of a…
Six planets are hanging out in early morning skies this month. Here’s how to spot them
NEW YORK — Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what’s known as a…
NASA’s Perseverance rover makes another strange finding: See photo
ULA’s Vulcan rocket launches Space Force satellites into orbit ULA’s Vulcan rocket lifts off with two national security…
Niger investigating $5 million sale of largest Mars rock
DAKAR, Senegal — It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite…
Meteorite Crashes Into Georgia Home, Turns Out to Be 20 Million Years Older Than Earth
On a clear June day in Georgia, a blazing fireball suddenly fell out of the sky over the…
How to see the Perseid Meteor shower in Northern Ireland
Queen’s University expert gives his top tips for getting the best view of the dazzling displayPerseid meteor shower(Image:…
Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest Black Hole: It ‘Bends Light into a Giant Einstein Ring’
The Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens: The newly discovered ultramassive blackhole lies at the centre of the orange galaxy.…