New research suggests that primordial black holes may be hiding within stars, potentially leading to the formation of 'red stragglers' or 'Hawking Stars'. This discovery could reshape our understanding of the universe and black hole formation.
A study of octopus DNA may have solved an enduring mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet last collapsed, unlocking valuable information about how much future sea levels may rise in a warming climate.
China’s secret space plane emits a strong signal to the ground when passing North America: satellite tracker. Amateur astronomer speculates the aircraft coul...
Cities: Skylines 2 simulates procedural car accidents. Bad weather, too much traffic, a lack of road maintenance, or even just the wrong time of day can all ...
From a teenage tyrannosaur's last meal to a fossilized voice box and a cliff covered in footprints, here are the 10 best dinosaur fossils unearthed this year.
Scientists debate Earth's historical day length and its influence on life development. Two recent studies suggest a 19-hour day during the 'boring billion' epoch due to gravitational effects, potentially impacting microbial evolution.
While it has been a favorite disaster movie theme, nuking an incoming asteroid in the real world has been touted as a very bad idea. While a nuclear bomb could possibly obliterate a smaller asteroid, nuking a larger asteroid would only break it into pieces. T…
Neutron stars are the end products of massive stars and gather together a large part of the original stellar mass in a super-dense star with a diameter of only around ten kilometers. On 17 August 2017, researchers observed the manifold signatures of an explos…
The plastic with which we surround ourselves contains a range of chemical additives that can leach out into water systems in the natural environment. This can happen both before and during the plastic degradation process. Even if it takes a long time for prod…