Although our universe may appear stable, having existed for 13.7 billion years, quite a few experiments suggest that it is at risk—walking on the edge of a very perilous cliff. And it's all down to the instability of a single
Read Full ArticleSignificant advancements have been made in space exploration since the launch of the Kepler telescope way back in 2009. Kepler's primary assignment is to search for habitable planets beyond our solar system, and its extraordinary competences allow it to identify
Read Full ArticleWhat is needed to have life at another world? Astrobiologists inform you need warmth, water, and something for life to consume. If life is there, it’ll leave signs of itself in the form of organic molecules named amino acids. Now,
Read Full ArticleThe early cosmos was 250,000 times hotter than the core of our sun. That's far too hot to form the neutrons and protons that make up everyday matter. Researchers recreate the conditions of the early cosmos in particle accelerators by
Read Full ArticleWhy is a potent infrared observatory crucial for seeing the first stars and galaxies that formed in the cosmos? Why on earth do we even want to see the first stars and galaxies that formed? One simple reason is... we
Read Full ArticleToday, vast stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn’t the case always. During its early stages (infancy), the cosmos was filled with a “fog” that made it opaque, cloaking the first galaxies and stars. NASA’s forthcoming Nancy Grace
Read Full ArticleThe DUNE neutrino detector will try to ascertain why matter overwhelmed antimatter in the early cosmos. One of the greatest basic mysteries of the universe is why it’s occupied with anything at all. That’s because the Big Bang, the incident
Read Full ArticleSince it started sending data back to Earth in 2022, JWST has significantly impacted astronomy, and one of its most revolutionary accomplishments is the observation of some of the most distant galaxies ever seen. But, because light doesn't travel instantly
Read Full ArticleWill future humans employ warp drives to explore the universe? We're in no position to jettison the possibility. But if our distant progenies ever do, it definitely won't involve dilithium crystals, and Scottish twangs will have evaporated into history by
Read Full ArticleStudying pulsing Cepheid stars provides a cosmic yardstick to measure the cosmos. New research offers the most accurate measurements yet of pulsating Cepheid stars, which may hold inklings about the enormous size and scale of our universe.Cepheids are a sort
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