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The sheer scale of the universe may oftentimes escape everyday description; our “pale blue dot” may sometimes feel miniscule compared with the sheer scale of the rest of the universe. In response to this, Modern Sciences champions the latest in astronomical developments and discoveries, to help us truly understand what lies beyond our blue skies—not just the universe as how we see it, but a universe in which we are a part. “We are made of star stuff,” after all.
Did a giant radio telescope in China just discover aliens? Not so FAST…
Danny C Price, Curtin University “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” – Carl Sagan (Cosmos, 1980) This phrase is…
The Early Days of the Milky Way (Maybe)
PBS Space Time dives deep into the latest in research from astronomers to find out the beginnings of…
Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food in space
The greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter. Eli Duke/Flickr,…
What’s it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues
Sand blown by wind into ripples within Victoria Crater at Meridiani Planum on Mars, as photographed by NASA’s…
How Did We Take a Photo of the Milky Way’s Own Black Hole?
Lat May 12, 2022, a collaboration of scientists announced a truly exciting find: the photo of Sagittarius A*,…
How we captured first image of the supermassive black hole at centre of the Milky Way
Revealed: Sagittarius A*. EHT Collaboration/ESO Derek Ward-Thompson, University of Central Lancashire Black holes are among the most profound…
Blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea – two teams of scientists are doing it anyway
Scientists think there are 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way, and some may be home to…
We’ve used a new technique to discover the brightest radio pulsar outside our own galaxy
Artist’s impression of the PSR J0523-7125 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Carl Knox, ARC Centre of Excellence for…
Combined power of two telescopes is helping crack the mystery of eerie rings in the sky
Some of the MeerKAT’s 64 dishes, which astronomers use to collect huge amounts of data. © South African…
We’ve Heard Mars For the First Time Thanks to the Perseverance Rover
It’s taken at least a year of work, but French scientists have now managed to release their results…