Scientists have devised a new method of testing the "Anthropic Principle," the idea that the universe could be designed with ...

Currently, 5,788 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,326 star systems, while thousands more candidates await confirmation. So ...

Astronomers suspect that in the first second after the universe formed, the very first black holes also formed. These tiny ...

Three asteroids, 2018 XU3, 2024 XZ11, and 2024 XL11, will safely pass Earth on December 11, 2024. NASA scientists are ...

Learn how violent solar storms shower Earth with radioactive atoms.

James Webb Telescope reveals hidden galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster, reshaping our understanding of cosmic evolution.

In “Pillars of Creation,” Richard Panek shows how the James Webb Space Telescope is altering our view of the cosmos ...

The Anthropic Principle—stating that the universe we live in is fine-tuned to host life—was first proposed by Brandon Carter ...

The shower forms from the debris of an asteroid and peaks this weekend. But a nearly full moon could interfere with viewing.

first detailed in 1996 by economist Robin Hanson. The most distilled essence of the Great Filter argument is simple: Very few ...

Over the last ten years, OPAL has observed Uranus' northern hemisphere, which has faced the inner solar system for the ...

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