cosmos
Strange Radio Signals From Deep Space Contain Signs of New Physics, Scientists Say
A relic, a fossil, and a halo are among the bizarre features that defy existing theories, according to a new study.
Scientists Have Observed an Unprecedented Burst of Energy from Space
A gamma-ray burst observed in August 2019 has smashed records and revealed unexpected inconsistencies in models of how massive stars die.
Scientists Discover Huge 'Voids' In the Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe
A new map of the dark matter web that connects our universe is the largest of its kind, and is part of a huge new batch of papers about the universe's structure.
Scientists Capture Mind-Blowing Image of the Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe
Spectacular new images of the large-scale structures that link our universe were captured from the Chilean desert.
Scientists May Have Detected a Signal That Could Change Astronomy Forever
Scientists think they may have spied the universe's "gravitational wave background" after more than a decade of searching.
Scientists Want to Use Dark Matter 'Lenses' to Observe Far Reaches of the Universe
Dark matter lenses, which distort and amplify light from background objects, may be more abundant in galaxy clusters than expected.
What the End of the Universe Will Really Be Like, According to a Theoretical Cosmologist
“Just months before the end, after we’ve lost the outer planets to the great and growing blackness, the Earth drifts away from the Sun, and the Moon from the Earth. We too enter the darkness, alone.”
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Is Canceled (for Now) Amid His #MeToo Reckoning
Nat Geo is doing the right thing by investigating, but it's coming pretty late.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Tries to Explain the Cosmos to Desus and Mero
The legendary astrophysicist talks Bill Nye, the Bronx, and rainbows on VICELAND's 'Desus & Mero.'
We're Going to Mars by the 2030s, Says Obama
"We have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America's story in space."
Why Teen Magazines Have Gone Queer
Editors are making efforts to include LGBTQ diversity in their pages and websites in an age where fewer readers are heterosexual than ever before.
Will a Chocolate Pill Actually Make Us All Live Longer?
The results will tell us whether eating chocolate will keep us alive longer and it may be the impetus for the creation of a chocolate pill.