Discover what exist in the universe
The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy (and most others) isn’t any different from the black holes you can find all around the universe. Except one thing — it’s massive! In fact, it has a mass equivalent to some 4 million suns, and it sits about 26,000 […]
The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest observatory, has captured images of the aftermath of a massive supernova at the edge of the spiral galaxy NGC 6946. Just how powerful will this new telescope be? NASA is slated to launch their new telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), sometime […]
Scientists have long wondered whether white holes—the opposite of black holes—actually exist. Now, the James Webb Telescope has not only proven that they do exist, but also that they’re more common than we thought! Here’s everything you need to know about this amazing discovery and what it could mean for […]
The Milky Way is the galaxy in which our solar system resides, and it’s one of the most interesting objects in the night sky. In fact, it might just be one of the most fascinating celestial bodies in existence! Here are 10 fascinating facts about the Milky Way that you […]
Physicists think we may live in a multiverse—one where there are many universes besides our own. But how can we tell if that’s true? Astrophysicist and physicist Adam Becker explores four ways to find out if we do indeed live in a multiverse, and if so, what it means for […]
A new theory suggests that parallel universes or Multiverse may exist, and you could be living in one right now. In fact, according to the theory, there may be an infinite number of them — all of which are equally real and exist simultaneously. The paper proposing this new theory […]
One of the most powerful tools astronomers have for studying the Universe is the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, which recently surprised scientists by detecting its first supernova, an explosion of a dying star and one of the Universe’s most important events to study. The explosion, named ASASSN-15lh, was […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has officially begun to observe space, and it’s taken its first images of the Carina Nebula, which NASA calls a region of massive star formation that contains some of the brightest stars in our Milky Way galaxy. The new telescope recently sent back some […]
Betelgeuse, the second-brightest star in the night sky, will go supernova within the next million years according to new research published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. While it may not be visible from Earth with the naked eye, you’ll want to look at least 10 times per minute if you […]
What is a Kuiper belt? The Kuiper Belt is a large, disc-like area of frozen particles beyond Neptune. It is home to many frozen comets and asteroids, including Pluto. The belt was first hypothesized by Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper in 1951, who observed that the orbits of planets in the […]
