September 26, 2017 World's fastest-swirling vortex simulates the Big Bang Faster than a tornado, speedier than the giant storm swirling on Jupiter — it's the world's fastest-swirling vortex, which scientists have created in a primordial soup of gluey particles meant to re-create the Big Bang.
September 25, 2017 'Jellyfish' galaxies reveal feeding habits of monster black holes Glowing "jellyfish" galaxies have revealed a new way to power some of the most powerful objects in the universe.
September 25, 2017 Bizarre dead star may be a remnant of a mini stellar explosion A strange dead star may be a remnant of what was essentially a miniature supernova, a new study finds.
September 19, 2017 Record-breaking galaxy find sheds light on magnetic universe Astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy located a whopping 5 billion light-years from Earth.
September 19, 2017 Huge black hole 100,000 times more massive than the Sun discovered in the Milky Way Astronomers in Japan have found a possible black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, which they believe could be the missing link in the development of supermassive black holes that has been theorized, but never officially found.
September 18, 2017 James Webb Space Telescope will hunt for signs of life in the solar system The soon-to-launch James Webb Space Telescope will turn its powerful eye on two of the solar system's top candidates for hosting alien life: the icy moons Enceladus and Europa, the agency confirmed in a statement this month.
June 30, 2017 Russia may launch the brightest 'star' in the sky Russia is set to launch potentially the brightest artificial object in the night sky, which could outshine everything except for the Moon, starting next month.
June 30, 2017 Does dark energy exist? Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI Science Center .
June 26, 2017 Alien contact could be 1,500 years away, say Cornell astronomers If you are hoping to meet an alien then you may be in for a very long wait, according to astronomers at Cornell University.
June 23, 2017 Planet 10? Another Earth-size world may lurk in the outer solar system A planet-size object may be orbiting the sun in the icy reaches of the solar system beyond Pluto.
