A gesture as simple as moving a thumb in front of the landscape contains the same physical principle we use to measure cosmic depths millions of light-years across — discover it here.
Astronomy
Could data from Cassini, a long-deceased NASA probe, have found the perfect host for life beyond our planet?
If the solar system is moving faster than we thought, some calculations will need to be redone because this could affect the values we currently have.
Science has a theory that is as terrifying as it is revealing: perhaps we haven't found extraterrestrials because all advanced civilisations self-destruct before they can expand. Is that our destiny?
In a new study, astronomers argue that the Universe's peak is in the past and the trend is only going to get worse from here on out.
Our Sun, which today sustains life on Earth, also has an expected end in about 5 billion years; its evolution will turn it into a dying star.
In a phenomenon where a black hole is consuming a star larger than the Sun, a peak in brightness occurred that amazed astronomers.
The new samples brought back by the Chang’e-6 mission reveal that the Moon’s far side is much colder than the visible one, opening a new lunar chapter.
A constant question in space is always the same: could there be other forms of life in the universe? The answer is probably yes — but they might only be detectable for brief moments.
A powerful G3 geomagnetic storm has begun. Following the initial impact, three coronal mass ejections are approaching Earth, with at least two expected to make direct impact, producing spectacular auroras.
The jets are huge bursts of energy and matter at the rotational poles of objects such as protostars or black holes. Astronomers from Frankfurt have discovered that intense magnetic fields are partly responsible for these jets.
A new image of the Bat Nebula has been captured by the European Southern Observatory, formed by vast clouds of gas and dust where new stars are born at a distance of 10,000 light-years.