A brand new telescope will be the first to look for colliding black holes and neutron stars in search of gravitational wave sources. Gravitational waves, or ripples in spacetime caused by the universe’s most energetic collisions, were discovered in 2015 … Read More
Long after the last stars fade, black holes will herald the end of the Universe with a spectacular show of fireworks. Black holes are areas of space-time where gravity rules supreme: A black hole’s gravitational pull is so strong that … Read More
JWST is living up to the hype. After the first scientific results were published last week, even more new exciting stuff is coming out. Among them, there are the observations of what could be the furthest galaxy yet. Called GLASS-z13, its … Read More
Is the solar system stable? In relative human and historical terms, it is pretty stable, but small gravitational influences can cause dramatic effects due to the chaotic and complex nature of the forces involved. Now, two researchers have set out … Read More
We’ve wanted to visit other star systems for decades. There’s just one problem: they’re so far away that even the closest one would take tens of thousands of years to reach using conventional spaceflight. Physicists, on the other hand, are … Read More
For the first time in history, researchers have used a small sample of lunar regolith to sprout seeds. The results can tell us much about feeding humanity throughout the solar system. The Moon would be a harsh environment to live … Read More