He went and did it again. Massive sunspot AR3664 has unleashed the most powerful solar flare ever, and Earth is once again in the line of fire. The X3.98 burst peaked early this morning (May 10) at 02:54 (0654 GMT) and triggered a temporary or complete loss of high-frequency (HF) radio signals across Asia, Eastern… Read More »
The universe’s most extreme stars just got a little more unexpected and mysterious. Scientists were astonished to witness a “dead” neutron star with one of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe unexpectedly come to life. The reactivation of this highly magnetic neutron star, or “magnet,” does not fit with the current understanding of these… Read More »
Last year, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made the surprising discovery of some free-floating, planetary-mass objects in the Orion Nebula that cast doubt on their ideas about planet and star formation. And now, new research has further deepened the mystery around these objects, called Jupiter-mass binary objects, or JuMBOs. JuMBOs are not… Read More »