Here Is What a Quasar Looks Like
The strange cosmic objects called quasars are some of the perkiest objects in the cosmos. Quasars are essentially galaxies with massive black holes at their cores, sucking in matter and releasing gou…
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A Crucial Sign of Life Has Been Detected Fluctuating on Mars
As we continue learning more about Mars, many find themselves very disappointed that we haven't spotted any bug-eyed green aliens living on the planet's surface yet. From the very looks of th…
Bright Spots on Ceres May Be Evidence of Aliens, Says NASA
Active worlds can turn up in unexpected places. For proof, look no further than the mysterious dwarf planet Ceres. NASA's Dawn spacecraft has been exploring Ceres, the largest object in the ast…
Five Mind Boggling Theories About The Universe And Parallel Worlds
1. Is the universe a 2D hologram? The US Department of Energy (USDE) launched an experiment to find this out earlier this year using its "Holometer". Researchers said that characters on a T…
"The Biggest Mystery in Astrophysics " -- Flashes from an Unknown Source Far Beyond the Milky Way
Perhaps the source "is a dwarf galaxy that contains a supermassive black hole, or is the nucleus of a disrupted galaxy or even just an isolated black hole,” Heino Falcke, a radio astronomer and …
China's Nuclear-Powered Space Shuttle Just Changed the Space Race
We've said it before, but we'll say it again: we laughed when we heard Luxembourg said it was aiming to become the asteroid mining capital of the world. Now it's not so funny, especially …
Theoretical Physics: The Origins of Space and Time
Many researchers believe that physics will not be complete until it can explain not just the behavior of space and time, but where these entities come from. “Imagine waking up one day and realizing t…
'Chryse Alien' Mars Rock Formation That Looks Like a Face Is So Weird Even NASA Admits It Can't Explain It
By now, Scott C. Waring is pretty much a fixture in the world of alien conspiracy theories, especially when it comes to Mars—he previously claimed to have spotted a cannonball on the Martian surface,…
Unknown Region Void of Galaxies is Pushing the Milky Way at Hyperspeed
Until now, scientists assumed that a dense region of the universe is pulling us toward it, in the same way that gravity made Newton's apple fall to earth. The initial "prime suspect" wa…
'Stellar Fireworks' Of Two Stars Colliding 500 Years Ago Captured In Stunning Images
A new picture shows the "stellar fireworks" of a collision of stars: with beautiful suns flung off in all directions and streaming colors of gas. Astronomers have captured images of a crash…
Black Hole Jets Detected -“Emit More Energy in One Second Than Our Sun Will Produce in Its Entire Lifetime”
“The discovery of these supermassive black holes, which launch jets that emit more energy in one second than our sun will produce in its entire lifetime, was the culmination of a yearlong research pr…
The 12 Craziest Hubble Pictures of All Time
The Hubble Space Telescope has continuously unleashed a stream of jaw-dropping intergalactic imagery since it launched on April 24, 1990. Not only do these images, which look more like paintings at f…
Brian Greene: Making Sense of String Theory & the Hidden Universe
Anyone who loves physics knows about String Theory. If, by some miraculous chance, you've never heard of it before…well, prepare to be introduced to one of the most interesting and highly contest…
Most Images Of Black Holes Are Illustrations, Here’s What Our Telescopes REALLY Capture
Impossibly dense, deep, and powerful, black holes reveal the limits of physics. Nothing can escape one, not even light. Even though black holes excite the imagination like few other concepts in scien…