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Do Black Holes Get “Full?”
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal quasars powered by black holes growing far faster than previously…
What an Electron Truly Looks Like
While traditionally visualized as a tiny ball, quantum mechanics describes electrons as fuzzy wave functions, with properties like…
Here’s Why We’re Suddenly Going Back to the Moon
Recent lunar exploration efforts, including those by private companies and nations like India and China, have focused on…
Maybe We Shouldn’t Be Calling Out to Aliens After All
The Dark Forest Hypothesis is presented as a solution to the Fermi Paradox, which refers to the apparent…
The Consequences of Throwing Explosives to Outer Space
On July 9th, 1962, the United States conducted the Starfish Prime test, a thermonuclear detonation in outer space…
Finding the Most Distant Black Hole Ever Detected
UHZ1 is the most distant black hole ever detected, located at the literal edge of the observable universe,…
Is “Antigravity” Real—And Does “Antimatter” Have Anything To Do With It?
Conducting experiments to measure the effects of gravity on antimatter is extremely difficult due to the rarity of…
Finding the Farthest Star Ever Studied
Scientists have glimpsed the farthest star ever seen in the universe. Named Earendel, the star is located 28…
We’re Looking For Life Out In Space. Where Should We Start?
In the search for extraterrestrial life, the discovery of the exoplanet K2-18b has sparked excitement. Although it is…
Explaining the Nobel Prize in Physics
A new window in time has been made possible through the work of Anne L’Hullier, Pierre Agostini, and…