astrophysics

Latest in astrophysics

"Punctum" may sound like type of punctuation, but to astronomers, it constitutes what may be a brand-new type of cosmic object. 
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Radio Astronomers Find Weird Object in Nearby Galaxy That Stands Out Against the Entire Sky

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have made an intriguing discovery that could upend everything we know about the structure of the universe and its expansion.
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Scientists Say That Something Very Weird Is Going on With the Universe

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found a new way to tell if a portrait of a human was AI-generated by using the same techniques astronomers use to analyze stars.
Physics

Something Fascinating Is Wrong With the Eyes in Deepfakes

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have spotted the fastest runaway star to have ever escaped the Milky Way as a result of a massive thermonuclear explosion.
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Scientists Spot Star Fleeing Our Galaxy at Incredible Speed

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have uncovered a macabre potential explanation for why a specific subset of exoplanets haven't been observed yet.
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Scientists Offer Ghoulish Theory for Why There Are No Planets of a Certain Size

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have found that the universe is expanding at an entirely different rate than previously thought, a groundbreaking discovery.
Physics

Most Precise Measurements of the Universe Suggest That Something Is Very Wrong

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It's fairly common knowledge that black holes can eat stars — but until recently, it was much rarer to hear about them "burping up" those stars' remains. 
Black Holes

Black Hole Spotted Burping Up Material Years After Eating a Star

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Swiss scientist has made a bold prediction about the discovery of alien life — and his reasoning is honestly really sound.
Exobiology

Swiss Government Scientist Says We May Be on the Brink of Discovering Alien Life

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have discovered another uber-powerful, repeating radio burst from space — and it's getting them one step closer to unlocking a huge mystery.
Physics

Astronomers Discover Another Mysterious, Repeating Radio Transmission From Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

The world's foremost believer in extraterrestrials has designed a mission to uncover an interstellar object that crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
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Harvard Scientist Says Alien Tech May Have Crashed Into the Pacific Ocean and He Wants to Find It

By Noor Al-Sibai

Saturn's beautiful rings are vanishing, scientists say — but it's happening slowly, at least, in a geological or cosmic timescale.
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Saturn’s Rings Are Disappearing, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Oh my god, y'all — the supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies like our Milky Way may have BFFs.
Black Holes

Astrophysicist Says That Supermassive Black Holes May Have “Friends”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Famed astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter on Wednesday to post a weird, potential cry for help.
Future Society

Neil deGrasse Tyson Keeps Tweeting Something Sad and Weird

By Tony Ho Tran

Astrophysicist Says Scientists Need to Stop Searching for Alien Civilizations
Physics

Astrophysicist Says Scientists Need to Stop Searching for Alien Civilizations

By Noor Al-Sibai

As scientists put more and more resources into studying wormholes, it may become possible to find and even travel through them.
Physics

Astrophysicist Says It’s Likely We Can Travel Through Wormholes

By Dan Robitzski

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory
Physics

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory

By Dan Robitzski