Astrophysics
Part of Your Suntan Comes From Photons That Are Billions of Years Old
Thank bodies from beyond the galaxy for a bit of that golden glow
The Cosmos Sings in This Fusion of Astrophysics and Music
<i>The Hubble Cantata</i> brings the stars down to earth
Breathtaking New Images Capture Failed Stars and Planet-Sized Objects Inside the Orion Nebula
It’s the deepest look into the nebula ever seen before
Gravitational Waves Strike Twice
Scientists announce the second detection of gravitational waves
Diamond Planets Might Have Hosted Earliest Life
A new study pushes back the earliest date that extraterrestrial life might, maybe, could appear; if so, it'd be on planets made of diamond
A Spacecraft Just Measured Movement Less Than the Width of an Atom
The successful results pave the way for a future mission that could detect low-frequency gravity waves
NASA Finally Caught This Crazy Space Weather in Action
The interactions between the Earth and the Sun’s magnetic fields drive explosive space weather
Astronomers Deploy a Laser System for a Clearer View of the Skies
A new four-laser system at the Paranal Observatory will help the massive telescope compensate for atmospheric turbulence
Ancient Arabic Text Shines Light on Massive Supernova
A new look at records from an ancient astronomer yields insights into one of the brighest supernovas ever seen from Earth
Take in the Beauty of This Gravity Web That Connects Galaxies Across the Universe
A new simulation visualizes how distant galaxies might be connected
Stephen Hawking and Billionaire Announce Project to Send Tiny Probes to Nearest Star System
Yuri Milner is investing 100 million dollars in research to develop a swarm of tiny probes for a mission to Alpha Centauri
Supermassive Black Holes May Be More Common Than Previously Thought
Astronomers have found a huge black hole in a "cosmic backwater," opening the possiblity there could be many more in the universe
Meet the BOSS, the Largest Structure in the Universe (So Far)
Astronomers recently discovered a wall of galaxies 1 billion light years across, larger than anything else yet identified in the cosmos
Inside the Atom Smasher at CERN
What you can see on a tour of the largest particle collider in the world
After a Century of Searching, We Finally Detected Gravitational Waves
Two merging black holes sent out a signal 1.3 billion years ago that now confirms a key prediction of Einstein's relativity
Five Things to Know About Gravitational Waves
The internet is abuzz with rumors of a big announcement—here are a few things you should know to decipher the news
Astronomers Have Found the Brightest Supernova Yet
The powerful blast is so weird that it could be a whole new kind of star explosion
Stephen Hawking Thinks We Can Solve a Major Black Hole Mystery With Hair
No toupees needed, though. The "hairs" in question are minute changes in spacetime at the fringes of black holes
A Space-Based Physics Lab Could Help Scientists Study How Gravity Warps Spacetime
The LISA Pathfinder Probe could help reveal the ripples caused by black holes and supernovae
Seven Simple Ways We Know Einstein Was Right (For Now)
For the past 100 years, these experiments have offered continued evidence that general relativity is our best description of gravity
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