What is dark matter? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
To all, Each week in 2023, Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher will bring you the latest and greatest in astronomy,…
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after three years of upgrades
Gravitational waves are microscopic ripples in spacetime that flow throughout the universe, and for the first time in three…
Then and now: 70 years of Everest
Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal reached the peak of Everest for the first time…
Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars
For Canadian biologist Kelly Haston, spending a year training to survive on Mars wasn’t exactly a childhood dream. The 52-year-old…
This Weekend A Nearby Supernova Is Visible Even With A Small Telescope
Now could be a great time to have a look at a well-known galaxy in Ursa Major if you…
Stephen Hawking’s last collaborator on physicist’s final theory
Thomas Hertog, a young Belgian researcher, and Stephen Hawking, a famed British theoretical physicist, hit it off from the…
Quantum matter breakthrough: Tuning density waves
Crystalline structures, or “density waves,” have been created in an atomic gas in a novel way by EPFL researchers. One…
What Did Einstein Mean By Time is an Illusion?
When you stop to think about it, time is an arbitrary concept that we use to explain how we get…
Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works
Consider utilizing your smartphone to regulate your own cells’ activity to treat illnesses and injuries. It sounds like something out…
Astronomers observe the first radiation belt seen outside of our solar system
Artist’s impression of an aurora and the surrounding radiation belt of the ultracool dwarf LSR J1835+3259. Credit: Chuck Carter, Melodie…