Our observable Universe is the region of space that we can see today — all points in space where light has had enough time to reach us if it left at the Big Bang (13.7 billion years ago) or later. … Read More
If you travel through a black hole, where do you go? So here you are, on the verge of falling into a black hole. What could possibly await you if, against all odds, you manage to survive? Where would you … Read More
Even though we haven’t discovered any evidence of extraterrestrial life so far, we should be prepared for the day when that changes. After all, many scientists believe that alien life is a distinct possibility – if not an outright probability. … Read More
On Thursday (Oct. 28), the sun ejected a massive solar flare, the most powerful storm of our star’s current weather cycle. According to the US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), which tracks space weather events, the sun produced an X1-class … Read More
The Andromeda Galaxy is a giant swirl of around a trillion stars just down the street from the Milky Way. But billions of years from now, it will collide with our home galaxy. On a clear night away from city … Read More
Advanced Civilizations A Harvard scientist has a fascinating theory about how our Universe was formed: it was created in a laboratory by a higher “class” of lifeform. Avi Loeb, bestselling author and former chair of Harvard’s astronomy department, wrote an … Read More