Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected a supermassive black hole that appears incredibly massive at “cosmic dawn.” The confusion stems from the fact that this huge void did not appear to be fed by much of the material in the environment at the time; but to reach its enormous size, it… Read More »
SYDNEY – Scenes of extreme heat stress at major events around the world are starting to look familiar. The old men were lying down with their shirts undone and their eyes closed. Aid tents filled with the unconscious. And whether in the pursuit of religion, music, the ballot box or sports, rows of believers sweat… Read More »
BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — Seen from the air, they undulate across the landscape; A river of wildebeest racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists say is the world’s largest land mammal migration. Nearly 6 million wildebeest were found in the country’s first comprehensive aerial wildlife survey,… Read More »
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module returned to Earth on Tuesday, successfully completing its historic mission to collect the first samples from the far side of the moon in a major step for the country’s ambitious space program. The reentry module “landed successfully” at a designated area in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region just after 2pm local… Read More »
As NASA and Boeing focus on completing the first astronaut mission on the Starliner spacecraft early next month, what will happen next is already on everyone’s mind. Boeing’s Starliner capsule was delayed once again on Friday, June 21, as it completed its first International Space Station (ISS) mission with astronauts on board, including NASA’s Butch… Read More »
Astronomers have obtained new information about the formation of planets around twin stars orbiting each other. Although we are familiar with planets orbiting a single central star (similar to the arrangement of our solar system), more than 50% of the stars in the universe are found in binary systems, meaning they have a companion star.… Read More »
A bright quasar powered by a supermassive black hole is blasting radiation that pushes surrounding gas clouds to produce winds reaching speeds of about 36 million miles per hour (58 million kilometers per hour). Oh, and the quasar is almost as old as the universe itself. The discovery, made by a team of scientists led… Read More »
When it comes to “shattering” cosmic ghosts, only the most extreme objects in the universe are up to the task: neutron stars. Scientists have simulated collisions between these extremely dense and dead stars and shown that such powerful events can briefly “trap” neutrinos, also known as “ghost particles.” This discovery could help scientists better understand… Read More »
NASA canceled a spacewalk on the International Space Station today (June 24) following a spacesuit coolant leak in the hatch. NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mike Barratt were told by Mission Control to abort a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:52 a.m. EDT (1252 GMT). The duo had switched… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. An extinct ribbon-like marine creature about the size of a human hand was one of the first animals to develop the precursor of a spine. Scientists recently identified the animal’s nerve cord using an inverted… Read More »