What Makes a Universe Habitable?
If there are multiple universes, which of them are capable of harboring life and why? A physicist comes up with a number, and that number is…
Category: Astrophysics
The Sun is Hiding Extra Light and Energy from Us!
Our Sun is the nearest star to us. We have worshipped it, bathed in its light, and, of course, studied it. Scientists regularly use our Sun…
Was it inevitable that humans would develop math?
Have you ever thought about why is it possible to understand the universe and why are we even here to understand it? Sarah Imari Walker…
Why is the Sun Yellow?
Jacob Haqq-Misra, Ravi Kopparapu, and Eric Wolf attempt to address this question in a recent paper titled "Why do we find ourselves around a…
Why Does Mars Have Such a Thin Atmosphere?
A Coronal Mass Ejection means that the corona, a layer of the sun, explodes, ejecting particles into space. Supernova cosmic rays or…
Mysterious, Unusual Intergalactic Radio Signal Found
Radio astronomers working with a radio dish telescope detected something a bit unusual. They were seeing a very fast radio burst, faster and…
The Deafening Sound of Neutron Stars Crashing Together
Large stars and planets in space have intense gravity. The gravity of these large celestial bodies is so strong, that they actually warp the…
Planet Friendships in Solar Systems Beyond Our Own
Our understanding of astrophysics states that we should be seeing co-orbiting planets when astronomers look through their telescopes.…
Two Galaxy Centers in Terrifyingly Fast Orbits
At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole. This is normal — at the center of almost every galaxy there is…
Stray stars between galaxies add to the cosmic light in the universe
Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers at Caltech and their colleagues have detected a diffuse…