SPACE: When Betelgeuse Goes Supernova…
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is nearing the end of its life, and researchers are preparing for what it will look like when the star dies in a fiery explosion … Read more
Space
Is There Dark Matter Inside the Earth?
Dark matter is a hypothetical component to our universe, used to explain many strange behaviors of stars and galaxies. Despite the almost overwhelming evidence that dark matter does indeed exist, … Read more
We’re All Living in a Bubble (But Not the One You Think)
We might be living in a bubble. That’s the conclusion of a new paper published in the journal Physics Letters B, due for print publication April 10. The paper is … Read more
FACT CHECK: Corona Virus Did Not Come From Outer Space
No, the new coronavirus didn’t come from outer space. We promise. With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to spread around the globe, people are panicked, and they’re looking for answers and … Read more
SPACE: Ice on Mercury?
Could Mercury’s close orbit around the sun help the planet generate ice? It sounds like a paradox, but new analysis of the planet’s surface chemistry suggests that heat-generated ice may … Read more
Freeman Dyson is Gone, But the Dyson Sphere Lives On
Freeman Dyson may be gone, but his famous alien-hunting idea will likely persist far into the future. Dyson, a quantum physicist who died at age 96 on Feb. 28, recalled … Read more
SPACE: What’s Up With the North Star?
Something’s up with the North Star. People have watched the North Star for centuries. The bright star, also known as Polaris, is almost directly above Earth’s North Pole and serves … Read more
SPACE: Chinese Moon Rover Checks Out the Far Side
China’s far-side moon mission has turned its history-making gaze underground. The Chang’e 4 spacecraft touched down on the floor of the 115-mile-wide (186 kilometers) Von Kármán Crater on Jan. 2, … Read more
SPACE: We May Have a MiniMoon!
Tumbling through Earth’s increasingly crowded orbit are about 5,000 satellites, half a million pieces of human-made debris and only one confirmed natural object: the moon. Now, astronomers working out of … Read more
SCIENCE: The Coronavirus & Mars
A new virus called SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus that has caused an outbreak of a disease called COVID-19. Public health groups, such as the World Health Organization and the U.S. … Read more