Five Surprising Coincidences in Physics Revealed in Harvard’s Astrophysics Class
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The academic year has just started at Harvard University, and Professor Avi Loeb is teaching “Radiative Processes in Astrophysics.” This…
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Heaviest Antimatter Particle Ever Discovered Raises New Questions About the Universe
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For many, the concept of antimatter feels like a tale from science fiction, but it’s far from fiction. Antimatter plays…
Why Planets Aren’t Always Perfect Spheres
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I’ve found myself, more times than I can count, debating—sometimes willingly, sometimes not—with people who believe that the Earth isn’t…
Is Our Understanding of the Universe Wrong?
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For more than two decades, the standard model of cosmology has served as the bedrock for explaining the structure of…
Could the Wow! Signal Have Been Aliens? Here’s Why It Probably Wasn’t
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In August 1977, astronomers scanning the heavens for extraterrestrial communications stumbled upon an anomaly—a powerful radio signal that lasted 72…
Black Holes or Frozen Stars? New Study Challenges Einstein’s Theory
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For decades, black holes have captivated the scientific world, presenting paradoxes that seem to challenge our understanding of the universe….
How Dark Energy May Hold the Answers to Two Cosmic Puzzles
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Astrophysicists have long struggled to reconcile contradictions in our understanding of the universe’s expansion and the formation of galaxies. But…
Starlink Satellites Are Threatening the Night Sky, Say Astronomers
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The expansion of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network is raising concerns among astronomers, who argue that these satellites are not…
Astronomers Unveil Record-Breaking Black Hole Jets Stretching Across the Cosmos
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“This pair of jets is massive—not just in terms of a galaxy or a solar system—but 140 times the diameter…
Exploring the Universe’s Earliest Black Hole Mergers through Future Gravitational Wave Observatories
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The discovery of gravitational waves marked a turning point in astronomy, allowing us to detect and observe the most extreme…
Could Primordial Black Holes Be Hiding in Our Solar System?
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Black holes have long fascinated astronomers, with three distinct types observed across the universe. Stellar-mass black holes emerge from the…
Scientists Recreate Black Hole’s Powerful Particle Jets in Groundbreaking Lab Experiment
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For the first time, scientists have simulated the immense particle jets spewed by supermassive black holes using a laboratory-based experiment…
The Enigma of Dark Matter: 85% of the Universe’s Matter Remains Unseen
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A staggering 85% of the matter in the universe is unaccounted for. Scientists believe that this missing matter is composed…
Scientists See Giant Structure “Hidden” Behind Our Galaxy
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In our quest to explore the universe, we are often surprised by everything that’s out there. Yes, space is massive….
Here is a 554-Million-Pixel Image of the Remnants of a Star
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Using the VLT Survey Telescope, scientists have captured the remains of a giant star. About 11,000 years ago, a massive…
Haumea: This American Football-Shaped World is the Strangest in the Solar System
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NASA scientists have used computer simulations to figure out how the dwarf planet Haumea became one of the most unusual…
Black Hole “throws up” stellar remains 3 years after eating a star
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Four years ago, in October 2018, a small star came too close to a black hole located in a galaxy…
Harvard Astronomer Maintains ‘Oumuamua Was Alien Tech
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Astronomical objects in interstellar space that are not gravitationally bound to stars (such as asteroids, comets, or rogue planets) are…
Advanced Extraterrestrials Could Have Communication Probes Near Earth
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It is possible to enhance communication across interstellar space by harnessing the ability of stars to focus and magnify communications,…
5 Things You Should Know About the First Quadruple Asteroid System
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Astronomers confirmed the first quadruple asteroid in history – this is Elektra from the Main Belt, which has now acquired…
15 Facts About James Webb, Mankind’s Largest Most Complex Space Telescope
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Name and Budget Initially, the telescope bore the short but difficult to pronounce name NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope). In…
Here Are 30 Jaw-Dropping Images Taken By The Hubble Space Telescope
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This is the best of Hubble. On April 24, 1990, NASA launched one of its most successful missions since the…