Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. An object detected with the help of citizen scientists has been revealed to be moving so fast through the Milky Way that it was able to escape the galaxy’s gravity and reach intergalactic space. The… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers are witnessing a sight never before seen in the universe: the awakening of a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. In late 2019, a team of astronomers noticed an otherwise… Read More »
Exoplanet WASP 107b is a gas giant almost as large as Jupiter but much less massive. Based on this discrepancy, astronomers did not know how a planet like WASP 107b could exist. But now two independent teams of researchers have harnessed the power of JWST to solve the mystery. There’s a planet in our cosmic… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth? Couldn’t there be completely different types of life on other planets?… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The unusual horned comet, called the “Devil’s comet” and attracting attention with a series of explosions, will make its closest approach to Earth around 03:00 in the morning on Sunday. Although the comet has not… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The unusual horned comet, called the “Devil’s comet” and attracting attention with a series of explosions, will make its closest approach to Earth around 03:00 in the morning on Sunday. Although the comet has not… Read More »
The 2020s have already seen many Moon landing attempts, although many have crashed or rolled over. With all the excitement surrounding the possibility of humans returning to the Moon, both commercial interests and scientists stand to gain. The Moon is perfectly suited for researchers to build telescopes they cannot place on Earth; because the Moon… Read More »
The 2020s have already seen many Moon landing attempts, although many have crashed or rolled over. With all the excitement surrounding the possibility of humans returning to the Moon, both commercial interests and scientists stand to gain. The Moon is perfectly suited for researchers to build telescopes they cannot place on Earth; because the Moon… Read More »
When a star is born or dies, or any very energetic event occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy particles of light invisible to the naked eye. These x-rays are the type doctors use to take pictures of broken bones in the body. But instead of looking at the shadows cast by… Read More »
Astronomy has a bright future. The universe is revealed in minute detail with the current generation of large optical telescopes. close to the big bang. There is hope that mysteries will be solved dark matter And dark energy It will be resolved. Thousands outer planets has been discovered, and astronomers may be approaching the first… Read More »