Search results
On The Kardashev Scale Of Civilizations Humanity Hasn't Even Reached Type I
IFLScience· 5 hours agoIn the search for extraterrestrial civilizations, it's difficult to know what to look for. As we've...
Six Books That Explore What’s Out There
The Atlantic· 1 day agoHumans have always been explorers. Others go on life-threatening quests, such as climbing the planet’s tallest peaks and diving into the sea’s deepest...
New observatory in Chile—the highest in the world—aims to reveal origins of planets, galaxies and...
Phys.org· 7 days agoHow do planets form? How do galaxies evolve? A unique astronomical observatory that researchers hope...
Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique
Phys.org· 1 day agoThe technique allowed astronomers to take clear radio images of the universe at frequencies between 16 and 30 MHz for the first time. This was thought to be impossible, because the ionosphere ...
The Download: mysterious radio energy from outer space, and banning TikTok
Technology Review· 7 days agoWhen our universe was less than half as old as it is today, a burst of energy that could cook a...
Meet The Highest Telescope In The World, Which Just Looked Up For The First Time
Forbes· 5 days agoJapan just switched on the world’s highest telescope. This week marks the “first light” for the...
The highest observatory on Earth sits atop Chile's Andes Mountains — and it's finally open
SPACE.com· 7 days agoA new telescope billed as the world's highest astronomical site is officially open for business. The...
Two Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows
Newswise· 15 hours agoThe American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has recognized two staff scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven...
Scientists reveal Southern Ring Nebula's unexpected structure: 'We were amazed'
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCarbon monoxide is mixed in with hydrogen and other molecular gases inside the nebula, so observing...
Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAn erupting star system in Orion has finally provided an answer to the mystery of how stars fed for...