The Violent History and Fiery Birth of the ‘Dragon's Egg Nebula' Solves Stellar Mystery
Massive stars are almost never magnetized, unlike our own Sun which, which is relatively small, but the nebula held a clue.
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Black Hole Found Shredding a Nearby Star into 'Spaghetti' is Pivotal Moment for Astronomers
An intermediate-sized black hole lurking undetected in a dwarf galaxy was observed gobbling up an unlucky star that strayed too close.
Ordinary Plastic Turned into Diamonds Via Laser Beam in the Blink of An Eye
Opening up synthetic diamond production from plastic could lead to more demand for water bottles and other containers.
Largest Explosion Ever Seen is Captured by Astronomers: Nothing on this Scale Witnessed Before
It was10 times brighter than any known supernova, and 3 times brighter than the most radiant tidal disruption event.
Unprecedented Gamma-Ray Burst is 'The BOAT' - Brightest of All Time in Human History
The GRB was so bright, it effectively blinded the various instruments built to record them, including NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope.
Astronomers Observe 2 Neutron Stars Colliding and the Extreme Reaction 'Defies All Expectations'
A kilonova is a very unique event in the galaxy since few things are as materially dense as a neutron star.
Six Enormous Galaxies Detected from the Dawn of Our Universe: 'Our First Glimpse Back This Far'
New data from James Webb has discovered five massive galaxies that formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, the oldest yet.
Researchers Discover a New Type of Fast and Furious Cosmic Explosion-Name it After Liverpool Soccer Team
Follow-up data from observatories around the world showed that the explosion faded and cooled down much faster than expected.
India Becomes Fourth Nation to Touch Down on the Moon In Mission to Study its South Pole
The pair comes equipped with a variety of scientific instruments. The Vikram lander has 4 in total, including one to detect moonquakes.
If Replicated, New Physics Discovery Could Grant Levitation to Any Device via Ambient Pressure Magnetics
If a new discovery published by South Korean physicists on a pre-print server is proven through replication, it would change the world.
Webb Telescope Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space Inside Fascinating Goldilocks Zone
The discovery is being heralded as an important milestone in the understanding of how rocket planets come to contain water.
Scientists Discover Time Moving 5x Slower After Big Bang-Exactly as Einstein Predicted
It's the third time in recent memory that a bold prediction of Einstein has been proven correct, this one related to space-time.
A Dark Energy Device Just Mapped 100,000 Galaxies Building a 3D Cosmic Map (WATCH)
More than 700,000 objects in the universe are available for study as part of a 3D map produced to study the effects of dark energy.
New Solar System Found Where Planets Orbit Two Suns-Just like Luke Skywalker's Home in Star Wars
Tatooine, the desert home planet of Luke Skywalker was imagined as a desert world with two suns when Star Wars was first released in 1977.
Single Atom X-rayed For First Time in Breakthrough That Will 'Transform the World'
The best that current state-of-the-art synchrotron scanners can manage is to X-ray an attogram-about 10,000 atoms.
Scientists Reveal Incredible Image of Magnetic Fields Spiraling from Supermassive Black Hole
This new view of the black holes Sagittarius A. and Messier 87 has shown their magnetic fields are strikingly similar.
Scientists Spot the Brightest Object Ever-500 Trillion Times More Luminous Than the Sun
At 12 billion light years away, it probably burnt out long ago. The light detected today is merely the echo of its existence.
Scientists Spot Mysterious Aurora on Distant Celestial Object
Unlike any planets in our solar system that experience aurorae, it's an isolated object in space with no nearby star to create one.
Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Space Alerts Astronomers to Fascinating Blob of Galaxies
Some experts have suggested FRBs may be from an extraterrestrial life form trying to contact other civilizations.
Locked in a 4 Billion-Year-old Dance, Six New Exoplanets Demonstrate the Cosmic Beauty of 'Resonant Orbits'
6 newly-discovered exoplanets are orbiting in perfect resonance around a star in an eons-long 'waltz' that indicates they are newly formed.
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