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Dark matter could color our view of the universe
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular matter, and unlike regular matter, it reacts weakly or not at all with light. Neutrinos…
30 years ago, ‘The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror special introduced us to Kang & Kodos, the series’ iconic alien invaders
“Foolish, Earthlings!” The line most commonly uttered by two drooling aliens who have become a staple of “The Simpsons”‘ famed Treehouse of Horror episodes – Kang and Kodos. No, literally,…
Simulating solar storms for satellite operator training
Space weather simulations exercise at ESOC. Credit: ESA Threats from space aren’t always obvious, but statistically, it’s only a matter of time before one of them happens. One of the…
Europe’s deep-sea telescope on a hunt for the origins of the universe
Credit: AI-generated image Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe’s KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt. Towering strings of sensors stretch a kilometer down to the seafloor, arranged…
Cosmic ‘brain’ ponders the cosmos in colorful new photo of the Medulla Nebula
Kentucky-based astrophotographer David Joyce has shared a glorious deep space vista revealing the fossil light of a vast supernova remnant created in the death throes of an enormous star some…
Watch SpaceX launch its record-breaking 139th mission of the year today
SpaceX will launch its record-setting 139th mission of the year today (Oct. 23), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from…
Condensation defying gravity
Experiment viewed from above. Credit: European Space Agency From dew at dawn to a foggy mirror after a shower, condensation is part of our daily lives on Earth. In space,…
3 billion-year-old white dwarf still consuming its planetary system challenges previous assumptions
Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute In approximately 5 billion years, the sun will deplete its hydrogen fuel and collapse under its own gravity, becoming a white dwarf. Though Earth-sized, this…
