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Supercomputers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about giant stars

Recent advances in supercomputing have allowed scientists to tackle a long-standing question in astronomy. Researchers have been trying to understand…

4 weeks ago

These strange pink rocks just revealed a hidden giant beneath Antarctica

Bright pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica have led scientists…

1 month ago

Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way

Nearly a century ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that almost all galaxies are receding from the Milky Way. This observation…

2 months ago

Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil

Scientists have identified Brazil's first known field of tektites, the glassy material created when an asteroid or other extraterrestrial object…

2 months ago

Spacecraft captures the “magnetic avalanche” that triggers giant solar explosions

Much like a snow avalanche that starts with a small shift before cascading downhill, new observations show that solar flares…

3 months ago

The Ring Nebula is hiding a giant structure made of iron

Astronomers in Europe have identified an unexpected feature hidden inside the famous Ring Nebula. The discovery was made by a…

3 months ago

Scientists are turning Earth into a giant detector for hidden forces shaping our Universe

By placing ultra-sensitive quantum spin sensors in orbit, SQUIRE gains orders-of-magnitude improvements in detecting exotic physics signals. This approach lays…

4 months ago

Bizarre ankylosaur with giant neck spikes redefines dinosaur evolution

The world's most unusual dinosaur is even stranger than first realized... Research published in Nature on August 27 reports that…

8 months ago

James Webb Telescope Detects Potential Gas Giant Exoplanet Just 4 Light-Years Away

New observational evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has yet to launch, may change that. JWST astronomers…

8 months ago

Crushing vs. Slashing: New skull scans reveal how giant dinosaurs killed

A new analysis of the bite strength of 18 species of carnivorous dinosaurs shows that while the Tyrannasaurus rex skull…

9 months ago