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Somehow, a Monstrous Supermassive Black Hole Has Gone Missing
The Universe is full of galaxy clusters, but Abell 2261 is in a class of its…
Scientists think they’ve detected radio emissions from an alien world
Scientists used a radio telescope in the netherlands to study three different stars known to host…
Physicists Prove Anyons Exist, a Third Type of Particle in the Universe
Physicists give us an early view of a third kingdom of quasiparticles that only arise in…
NASA’s new Hubble images will blow your mind
NASA just released a treasure trove of cosmic imagery. Read more at Mashable ME…
Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the Universe
Guellati-khélifa gauges the fine-structure constant by measuring how strongly rubidium atoms recoil when they absorb a…
Most detailed 3D map ever of Milky Way includes nearly 2 billion stars
The new data it offers provides measurements that are “orders of magnitude” more exact than prior…
Voyager Probes Spot Previously Unknown Phenomenon in Deep Space
NASA’s Voyager spacecraft may be billions of miles away and over 40 years old, but they’re…
Scientists Propose a Brand New Periodic Table, And It’s a Trip
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated…
The Black Hole Information Paradox Is Just About Solved
Good news: If you fall into a black hole, you’ll (probably) come back out. Read more…
Scientists spot a ‘kilonova’ flash so bright they can barely explain it
It may be from a magnetar born in a neutron star crash. Read more at Space.com…
Europa’s plumes may not originate from subsurface ocean
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a fascinating world, with a global subsurface ocean encased in an icy…
Scientists say they’ve found the missing 40 percent of the universe’s matter
They just had to revisit some decades-old data to do it. Read more at Futurism…
Fast radio burst may have come from the Milky Way
Since the discovery of fast radio bursts in 2007, scientists have worked to identify the sources…
Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
Centaurs are minor planets believed to have originated in the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar…
The BepiColombo Probe Just Took a Ridiculously Close Video of Venus as It Flew By
Two years after it left Earth, Mercury probe BepiColombo has completed the first of its first…
Evidence of broadside collision with dwarf galaxy discovered in Milky Way
Nearly 3 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy plunged into the center of the Milky Way…
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft touches down on asteroid Bennu
The mission marks the space agency’s first landing on an asteroid. Read more at CNET…
A Supernova Exploded Perilously Close To Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago
The Earth has been through a lot in the 4.5 billion or so years it’s been…
Finally, the First Room-Temperature Superconductor
It conveys electricity in the climate of a crisp fall day, but only under pressures comparable…