In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed. And coming from a location that dates halfway back to the Big Bang, it also was the farthest known FRB spotted to date.
Now, astronomers led by Northwestern University have pinpointed the extraordinary object's birthplace -- and it's rather curious, indeed.
Using...
A laser could hide – or broadcast – our existence. European Southern Observatory, CC BY
David Kipping, Columbia University
What would it take to hide an entire planet? It sounds more like a question posed in...
A survey of over 1,500 supernovas conducted by the Dark Energy Camera has placed strong constraints on the accelerating expansion of the universe. The results suggest that the mysterious force that drives this cosmic acceleration,...
For the first time, astronomers have captured solid evidence of a rare double cosmic cannibalism — a star swallowing a compact object such as a black hole or neutron star. In turn, that object...
Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space Weather.
Researchers investigating the space...
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering co-led a new study by an international team that will improve...
New Endocrine Society Guideline recommends vitamin D higher than the recommended daily allowance for children, pregnant people, adults over 75, and adults with prediabetes....
In October this year, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will launch one of the most sophisticated spacecraft ever assembled. Its destination? Europa,...
WASHINGTON — Canadian company MDA Space will join the Starlab Space joint venture developing a commercial space station, providing its space robotics capabilities and...
The formation of stars and the chaotic environments they inhabit is one of the most well-studied, but also mystery-shrouded, areas of cosmic investigation. The...
Space is getting crowded. Aging satellites and space debris crowd low-Earth orbit, and launching new satellites adds to the collision risk. The most effective...