The Ariane 5 rocket, with the James Webb Space Telescope, at its launch site in French Guiana. This weekend there was two surprisingly good news…
Two supermassive black holes discovered relatively close to Earth
Using the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), astronomers have discovered a pair of supermassive black holes 89 million light-years from Earth,…
New theory tries to answer Earth’s greatest mystery
Without the Sun there is no life: scientists start from this overwhelming truth to understand the origins of the biosphere. Among the main mysteries of…
Is time continuous or discrete?
One of the longest running discussions in the history of physics is that which refers to the essential nature of the fabric of reality, the…
James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Deploys Antenna
New from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed a critical antenna on Sunday (December 26), just one day after its Christmas launch into space.…
Astronomers capture a massive volcanic eruption from a black hole near Earth that extends 16 times the full moon in the sky
Centaurus A is a giant elliptical galaxy active 12 million light years away. At its core is a black hole with a mass of 55…
The 10 wildest things we learned about black holes in 2021
Faster rotating black holeEven the best-studied black holes still provide surprises. In February, physicists revised their estimates of the properties of the cosmic monster at…
Alien lifeforms ‘unlike anything we’ve seen’ could be hiding in the clouds of Venus, scientists suggest
Researchers believe that there could be potential lifeforms producing ammonia in the clouds of Venus that are “very unlike anything we’ve seen”. The colourless gas, a compound…
How long is a day on Venus?
The surface of Venus, taken by Russia’s Venera 13 spacecraft. It lasted 127 minutes before succumbing to the Planet’s extremely harsh atmosphere. After 15 years…
A dinosaur embryo has been found inside a fossilized egg.
Reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur egg.LIDA XING/ISCIENCE The embryo has been found inside a fossilized dinosaur egg which sheds light on the link between the…