Astronomers have found further evidence that near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa is a fragment of the moon. The…
Category: Physics
The mysterious dimming of supergiant star Betelgeuse may finally be explained (photo)
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which dimmed significantly in 2019, has returned to normal, according to…
Rewinding Reality: Cambridge Uses Time-Travel Simulations To Solve “Impossible” Problems
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have used quantum entanglement to simulate a form of backward…
The Observable Universe Might Be A Black Hole, Suggests A Chart Of Everything
Scientists have plotted everything from subatomic particles to superclusters on a chart of mass and radius,…
16,000 mph Faster! Is Earth in a Race Towards a Black Hole Catastrophe?
Earth is moving 16,000 mph faster and is 2,000 light years closer to the supermassive black…
AI is already helping astronomers make incredible discoveries. Here’s how
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing astronomy by processing vast amounts of data, enhancing image clarity, and…
Supernovae Struck the Earth 3 Million and 7 Million Years Ago
Researchers at the University of Illinois have used the radioactive isotope 60-Fe to determine the distances…
Machine Learning Algorithms Can Find Anomalous Needles in Cosmic Haystacks
A machine learning program, ASTRONOMALY, has scanned four million galaxy images, discovering 1635 anomalies, including 18…
Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way–like galaxies in early universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have discovered that galaxies similar to the Milky…
JWST’s first triple-image supernova could save the Universe
Astronomers have discovered a triply-lensed supernova in a distant galaxy, which could help resolve the mystery…
‘We’re all going to be overwhelmed’: Emergency planners bracing for April’s solar eclipse
Emergency planners in Ohio are preparing for the first total solar eclipse in the state in…
Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to ‘unsolvable’ 3-body problem
An international team of mathematicians has discovered 12,000 new solutions to the three-body problem, a complex…
When Stars Align with AI: Training LLM for Astronomy Texts
Large language models like GPT-3 and PaLM have demonstrated impressive performance on many natural language tasks.…
Black Holes May Lurk Much Closer to Earth Than We Realized
Astronomers have discovered that the Hyades cluster, a group of stars 150 light-years away, may contain…
Comet Nishimura to light up night sky this weekend — Here’s how you can watch it
Comet Nishimura, discovered by Japanese space photographer Hideo Nishimura, is set to make its closest approach…
Paper Retracted When Authors Caught Using ChatGPT to Write It
A paper published in Physica Scripta has been retracted after it was discovered that the authors…
Material Found in Ocean Is Not From This Solar System, Study Claims
Harvard University’s Galileo Project has discovered tiny beads off Papua New Guinea’s coast, believed to be…
Scientists Think an Earth-Like Planet May Be Hiding in Our Solar System
Scientists propose an alternative to the hypothetical Planet Nine, suggesting a smaller, Earth-like planet closer to…
Indian Moon Rover Hits Jackpot, Detects Wealth Of Elements At Lunar South Pole
India’s Chandrayan-3 lunar mission is successfully analyzing the Moon’s surface near the lunar south pole. The…
Hackers shut down 2 of the world’s most advanced telescopes
Leading astronomical observatories have suffered cyberattacks, causing temporary shutdowns. The National Science Foundation’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy…