Valentine’s Day in the Cosmos: A Romantic Tale of Black Holes
“Roses are red, violets are blue, your event horizon means I can’t see you!” While that quirky rhyme hardly evokes romantic imagery for Valentine’s Day, a new simulation offers a…
“Roses are red, violets are blue, your event horizon means I can’t see you!” While that quirky rhyme hardly evokes romantic imagery for Valentine’s Day, a new simulation offers a…
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This stunning image, captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, showcases the intricate petals of a cosmic flower—presenting the most detailed X-ray visualization to date of the magnificent star-forming nebula known…
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article was featured in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To receive it directly in your inbox, sign up for free here. Unraveling Earth’s…
A recent study has unveiled an astonishing accumulation of the radioactive isotope beryllium-10, located deep beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. In a research article published in the journal Nature Communications,…
Paleontologists have unveiled a newly identified specimen of the genus Archaeopteryx, discovered within the Mörnsheim Formation located in Bavaria’s Franconian Alb region, Germany. The Karlsruhe specimen: (A) original condition of…
WASHINGTON — A commercial lunar lander has successfully entered orbit around the moon, while another lander launched simultaneously has conducted a lunar flyby in preparation for its return. On February…
Introducing Grace, the innovative hopper robot engineered to explore the Moon’s shadowy craters, offering unprecedented views of the unlit regions surrounding the lunar south pole. Houston-based startup Intuitive Machines is…
To deepen our understanding of how the human ear perceives even the faintest sounds, researchers at Yale University have uncovered a novel mechanism by which the body processes sound waves.…
Editor’s Note: A version of this article originally appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To receive it directly, sign up for free here. CNN — One of Earth’s profound…