Researchers were able to deflect lightning using a powerful laser sH๏τ into the sky – a scientific first.
Lightning kills as many as 24,000 people per year and causes as much destruction as it does fascination all over the world through things like forest fires,…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured rare footage of a towering twister, or “dust devil,” dancing across the surface of Mars. The dusty vortex is taller than the average-size U.S. tornado and five times taller than the Empire State Building, according to NASA.
The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater. The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along…
A giant star 25 times more mᴀssive than the sun simply vanished. OK, it wasn’t quite that simple. It underwent a period of brightening, increasing in luminosity to a million suns, just as if it was ready to explode into a supernova. But then it faded rather than exploding. And when astronomers tried to see the star using the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), Hubble and the Spitzer space telescope, they couldn’t see anything.
In 2009 a giant star 25 times more mᴀssive than the sun simply vanished. OK, it wasn’t quite that simple. It underwent a period of brightening, increasing…
A new study by a group of astrophysicists suggests that planets can become intelligent if they reach certain thresholds.
How about planets? Can they have minds? This idea, that planets are also conscious beings, seems to be at the heart of a new theory put forth…
Venus may be a (slightly) gentler place than some scientists give it credit for.
Venus may be a (slightly) gentler place than some scientists give it credit for. In new research, space physicists at CU Boulder have jumped into a surprisingly…
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists who created pulses of light so short they can be used to watch the inner workings of atoms.
Three researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023 for their work in developing ultrashort light pulses that provide a window into the inner workings…
NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system.
NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system. Beginning in fiscal year 2025, New Horizons will focus…
A newly discovered nearby supernova whose star ejected up to a full solar mᴀss of material in the year prior to its explosion is challenging the standard theory of stellar evolution. The new observations are giving astronomers insight into what happens in the final year prior to a star’s death and explosion.
A newly discovered nearby supernova whose star ejected up to a full solar mᴀss of material in the year prior to its explosion is challenging the standard…
India’s sun-monitoring spacecraft has crossed a landmark point on its journey to escape “the sphere of Earth’s influence”, its space agency said, days after the disappointment of its moon rover failing to awaken.
India’s sun-monitoring spacecraft has pᴀssed a significant milestone on its path to leave “the sphere of Earth’s influence,” the country’s space agency announced, days after the country…
Scientists have revealed that a subatomic particle called a muon has wobbled unexpectedly, suggesting that there might be a fifth force of nature besides the four known ones.
Scientists have revealed that a subatomic particle called a muon has wobbled unexpectedly, suggesting that there might be a fifth force of nature besides the four known…