Black Holes
Did Astronomers Just Discover Black Holes from the Big Bang?
Gravitational waves attributed to the collision of two neutron stars could have been produced by something much stranger
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Astrophysics
Hidden Passage: Could We Spy a Traversable Wormhole in the Milky Way’s Heart?
Anomalous motions of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole might reveal the existence of long-hypothesized tunnels through spacetime
Black Holes
Giant “Bubbles” Spotted around the Milky Way’s Black Hole
First major result from South Africa’s pioneering MeerKAT radio telescope reveals remnants of energetic explosions at the galaxy’s center
Particle Physics
Supergravity Snags Super Award: $3-Million Special Breakthrough Prize
The theory, which emerged in the 1970s as a way to unify the fundamental forces of nature, has profoundly shaped the landscape of particle physics
Black Holes
An Exit Chute from the Universe: The Story of a Historic Effort to Image a Black Hole
After more than a decade of effort, a global network of radio telescopes revealed the first-ever picture of an enigmatic hole in spacetime
Black Holes
At Last, a Black Hole’s Image Revealed
The Event Horizon Telescope captures one of the universe’s most mysterious objects
Quantum Physics
Found: A Quadrillion Ways for String Theory to Make Our Universe
Stemming from the “F-theory” branch of string theory, each solution replicates key features of the standard model of particle physics
Do We Actually Experience the Flow of Time?
Subjective experience must inform physics and philosophy, but it should be assessed carefully
Extraterrestrial Life
How Did Life Begin?
Untangling the origins of organisms will require experiments at the tiniest scales and observations at the vastest
Astrophysics
LIGO’s Latest Black-Hole Merger Confirms Einstein, Challenges Astrophysics
New results from the gravitational wave observatory hint that black holes move in mysterious ways
Space & Physics
Does the Multiverse Really Exist?
Proof of parallel universes radically different from our own may still lie beyond the domain of science
Space & Physics
New Ideas in the Search for Dark Matter
The invisible dark matter particles that dominate the universe may come in strange and varied forms
Space & Physics
Ambitious Project Probes Mysterious Cosmic Expansion
The Dark Energy Survey is examining distant galaxies to figure out why space is expanding at an ever faster pace
Space & Physics
South Pole Experiment Traps Neutrinos from Beyond the Galaxy
Dozens of particles from halfway across the universe have landed in the IceCube experiment. These messengers could help answer some long-standing cosmic conundrums
Space & Physics
China's Dark-Matter Satellite Launches Era of Space Science
"Monkey King" is first in a line of Chinese space missions focused on scientific discovery
Environment
Syria's Climate Refugees
Pushed out of their homeland by war and drought, Syrians seek a better future abroad
The Sciences
Potential New Particle Shows Up at the LHC, Thrilling and Confounding Physicists
The gigantic accelerator in Europe has produced hints of an exotic particle that defies the known laws of physics
Space & Physics
Giant Bubbles Soar over the Milky Way
Newly discovered lobes stretch tens of thousands of light-years above and below the Milky Way's disk. Where did they come from?
The Sciences
Do We Live in a Star Wars Universe?
Tis the season for science fiction fun, but could we even tell if the universe around us was filled with galactic empires and rebel forces?
Space & Physics
Did the Solar System Just Gain 2 New Worlds?
A pair of scientific papers suggest that the ALMA observatory may have detected 2 new "planet-scale" objects associated with the outer realms of the solar system. But should we be awed or skeptical?...
