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The highest-energy particles on Earth reach enormous energies, but it’s nothing compared to what the Universe can achieve. Deep underground in Europe, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator lives in a […]
We can explore the farthest reaches of the Universe, but can’t even complete our own cosmic backyard. The history of astronomy has been a history of receding horizons. The invention […]
LIGO and Virgo have now detected a total of 11 binary merger events. But exactly 0 were in the Milky Way. Here’s why. One of the most spectacular recent advances in […]
A fascinating mathematical structure exists that goes well beyond our common experience. Could it revolutionize physics? Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the Universe is that every particle within it — at […]
There’s real, straightforward science behind the destruction of an Alderaan-sized planet. In all of science fiction, perhaps the most iconic moment of destruction occurs in 1977’s Star Wars: A New […]
Baby boomers seem to have had an advantage in nearly every financial metric compared to millennials, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve.
It’s safe to say not everyone was immediately impressed.
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Living 150 years sounds great… till you consider the effects on population.
New research based on observational data from the Spitzer telescope provides clues as to how the universe first emerged from its dark age.
If you’re wondering whether the blast wave or the radiation would kill us first, you’re asking the wrong question. As far as raw explosive power goes, no other cataclysm in […]
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These ten ghostly astronomical sights house some deep-and-frightening scientific truths within them. With a huge suite of different observatories for viewing the Universe, innumerable details can be revealed. This ‘Godzilla’ asterism […]
The global financial system is under an increasing amount of pressure to get with the times and evolve to the needs of its customers. Crises like the 2008 housing bubble’s […]
That’s five more unicorns than the previous three years combined.
The CEO once said a self-sustaining Mars colony won’t work if it’s wildly expensive for each person to make the voyage.
The quality and duration of your nightly ritual helps define who you are.
The week-long global protest, which is calling for an end to the age of fossil fuels, is taking place in more than 160 countries today.
It’s unlikely that there’s anything on the planet that is worth the cost of shipping it back
These prior beliefs help us make sense of what we are perceiving in the present.
The team caught a glimpse of a process that takes 18,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.
We know that life is possible on an Earth-like world around a Sun-like star. But can it find a way on a Super-Earth? When it comes to the origin of […]
The hot Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago, and there’s no other possible answer consistent with what we know today. Conceptually, it might seem like the simplest idea in existence […]
The famous astrophysicist argues why Elon Musk is more important than Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
A 2019 ranking of all 50 states’ education systems shows the Sunshine State serves its college students well.
… and also the return of the (mini) Mac.
Turns out those violent video games might be a blessing in disguise.
Empathy is what allows us to understand works of art, right?
The Avengers movies have done a marvelous job melding science and story.