For years, scientists have focused on a leading theory that dark matter is made up of invisible particles known as WIMPs ...
Observation of the night sky, before the advent of satellites, was assumed to be free of the artificial bright points that ...
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A supermassive black hole violently gobbled up an enormous star, producing a gargantuan cosmic outburst, according to a new ...
Flashes of light seen in the sky in old astronomical photographs may reveal the presence of reflective, satellite-like ...
The universe's expansion means its size is bigger than its age suggests. The universe's expansion doesn't have a speed limit like objects within it. Distant galaxies move away from us as space itself ...
During a total solar eclipse, people may see some strange things. Sure, there’s the main event happening in the sky (SN: 1/4/24). But the world may also look a little different on the ground. For a ...