The expansion of the universe could be a mirage, new theoretical study suggests
New research looking at the cosmological constant problem suggests the expansion of the universe could be an illusion.
New research looking at the cosmological constant problem suggests the expansion of the universe could be an illusion.
Astronomers have discovered what may be behind a mysterious stellar flare that has been raging for 85 years, finding it could be caused by the destruction of a super-Jupiter planet.
Stone circles and ancient tombs dot much of the UK landscape. As the summer solstice reaches Stonehenge, photographer Josh Dury shares other Neolithic monuments that face the sun.
Europe's Mercury-bound probe BepiColombo made its third close flyby of its target planet on Monday (June 19), revealing a surface riddled with craters, including one that just received a name.
Solitary supermassive black holes lurking in less populated areas of the universe munch on material more commonly than their more crowded counterparts, a new study reports.
Space mysteries How high you can jump on other worlds is affected by many factors, here we estimate jump heights based on each world's gravity.
Reference The summer solstice marks the start of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year. Here we explore when the summer solstice occurs and why.
Mathematician Per Enflo, who solved a huge chunk of the 'invariant subspaces problem' decades ago, may have just finished his work.
The volcano, which erupted in January 2022, was a type never seen before and produced rippling rings of lightning 150 miles (240 kilometers) across.
Astronomers have discovered a second example of a white dwarf pulsar, a rapidly spinning stellar remnant that could teach scientists more about stellar evolution.
Italy's Campi Flegrei is showing some troubling early warning signs, but scientists caution that its eruption is far from certain.
Reference A supernova is what happens when a star has reached the end of its life and explodes in a brilliant burst of light.
Reference Cosmic rays are atom fragments that rain down on the Earth from outside of the solar system. But what causes them and where do they come from?
We may have already found evidence of an evolving, dynamic kind of dark energy, in the form of the radiation emitted when the first stars appeared in the universe.
Europe's Mercury probe BepiColombo will take a close look at its target planet on Monday (June 19), and we can expect some exciting new images soon after that.
The way humans pump groundwater from the planet's interior has changed Earth's tilt by 31.5 inches (80 centimeters) between 1993 and 2010.
After months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.