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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend: What you need to know

May 4, 2018

Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend: What you need to know

Expect to see more showers in May — meteor showers, that is.

Stephen Hawking's final paper cuts the multiverse down to size

May 3, 2018

Stephen Hawking's final paper cuts the multiverse down to size

Stephen Hawking's final paper, which aims to test a theory that proposes parallel universes, appeared today (May 2) in the Journal of High Energy Physics.

Scientists peer across the universe and find an ancient galactic collision

April 27, 2018

Scientists peer across the universe and find an ancient galactic collision

Astronomers set their sights on an area incredibly far away — more than 90 percent of the way across the observable universe — and found the beginnings of a massive cosmic collision, according to two new studies.

Here's how we know the Big Bang happened

April 23, 2018

Here's how we know the Big Bang happened

At 13.8 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was the size of a peach and had a temperature of over a trillion degrees.

Hubble Telescope discovers a light-bending 'Einstein Ring' in space

April 10, 2018

Hubble Telescope discovers a light-bending 'Einstein Ring' in space

The perfect circle surrounding a galaxy cluster in a new Hubble Space Telescope image is a visual indicator of the huge masses that are bending time and space in that region.

This is (probably) the only way dark matter interacts with ordinary matter

April 9, 2018

This is (probably) the only way dark matter interacts with ordinary matter

Dark matter has led scientists on a bit of a wild goose chase lately.

Venus' clouds could host extraterrestrial life, researchers say

April 2, 2018

Venus' clouds could host extraterrestrial life, researchers say

A paper published last week takes a look at the second rock from the Sun -- Venus -- as well as its atmosphere.

Stephen Hawking laid to rest, honored by friends and colleagues

March 31, 2018

Stephen Hawking laid to rest, honored by friends and colleagues

Famed British scientist Stephen Hawking was laid to rest Saturday during a private funeral in Cambridge attended by some 500 people.

Blue moon to light up sky ahead of Easter

March 30, 2018

Blue moon to light up sky ahead of Easter

Stargazers, get your binoculars ready: a blue moon will grace the night's sky this weekend, and the show is expected to be spectacular.

'Bizarre' ghost galaxy discovery stuns scientists

March 29, 2018

'Bizarre' ghost galaxy discovery stuns scientists

Scientists have been stunned by the discovery of a so-called ‘ghost galaxy’ that appears to contain virtually no dark matter, a key building block for galaxies.