2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (349+ words) "Instead of confirming the standard model of cosmology, which assumes dark energy is fixed and unchanging, we have more evidence that dark energy may change over time." A catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (437+ words) "Like light, gravitational waves can also be deflected, magnified, and split into multiple signals by massive objects." A "forbidden" merger between two massive black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. That's according to new research…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (426+ words) "For the first time, we were able to watch two massive stars move around one another while they were still being born." Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio telescope, astronomers have watched as two stars come together…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (80+ words) Space Your membership journey starts here. Keep exploring and earning more as a member. Latest space missions, discoveries and exploration updates. Stargazing tips, cosmic events and expert insights on the universe Start exploring exclusive deals, expert advice and more Never…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (316+ words) "These two pillars of modern physics have so far eluded all attempts at a unified theoretical framework, but this complex experiment gives more hints as to how such a unification may be achieved." Scientists have spotted the first hints that…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) "It gives us new insight into one of the biggest unanswered questions in astrophysics." Scientists are closer than ever before to understanding how stars forge the elements that comprise our planet, bodies and pretty much everything else around us — and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (410+ words) The enchanting scene comes courtesy of the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 160,000 light-years away lies one of our Milky Way's little galactic neighbors: The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). And thanks to a new observing program, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided us…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (181+ words) "These are still enormous objects, but they lie at the lower end of the supermassive black hole population rather than among the most extreme examples." Now, new research suggests this isn't such a massive problem after all. The team behind…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (155+ words) "We expect dark matter events to be extremely rare, so only a handful could mark the first detection of WIMP dark matter." This has spurred on the search for new types of particles beyond the limits of the so-called Standard…...