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Black hole Dyson spheres could harvest immense energy while releasing waste heat detectable by current telescopes.
Black holes appear built to hide energy, not advertise it. Yet a civilization wrapping one in vast collectors could create a detectable glow, turning one of the universe’s darkest objects…
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Interacting galaxies NGC 4676, known as "The Mice," as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
SpaceNew study challenges existing knowledge for why galaxies stop forming starsJoseph Shavit
The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023. Data from that flyby and one on Feb. 3, 2024, is helping scientists understand Io’s interior.
SpaceJupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, hides intense heat beneath its porous crustJoshua Shavit
This illustration shows the system around the star CD-35 2722, with the newly found moon-like object at the centre. The star –– the point source to the left –– has about half the mass of our Sun, and it is orbited by a brown dwarf, the reddish-brown object seen here in the foreground (right).
SpaceAstronomers may have finally detected a moon located outside our solar systemJoshua Shavit
SpaceX's StarMind captures solar energy in space to power low-cost, high-performance AI computation.
SpaceMillions of planned satellites could create a bright artificial ring around Earth making the night sky 4 times brighterJoseph Shavit
This multiwavelength scene shows the Jellyfish Nebula supernova remnant (right), the interstellar cloud it's interacting with, and a distinctive curving filament to its upper left.
SpaceScientists find evidence of a rare double supernova in the Jellyfish NebulaJoseph Shavit
Artist’s concept shows the Beta Pictoris system with the discovered giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris d at the right. It has the widest orbit of the known three exoplanets within the system.
SpaceNASA’s Webb telescope detects a third giant planet orbiting Beta PictorisJoshua Shavit
A new model raises the silver abundance in the Sun by 55%, resolving a long-standing mismatch with primitive meteorites.
SpaceThe Sun contains 55% more silver than astronomers previously thoughtJoshua Shavit
Comparison of Mars before (left) and during (right) the June 2018 dust storm, which coincided with the solar energetic particle event examined by the Lancaster University team. Images taken by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI), a wide-angle camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), that maps daily weather conditions across the planet.
SpaceSolar storms may alter the weather on Mars, study findsJoseph Shavit
Mars may have hosted microbes adapted to extreme dryness, but NASA’s Viking experiments added water and heat that could have destroyed them.
Space50 years ago, did NASA’s Viking landers destroy the Martian life they were searching for?Joseph Shavit
Artist’s impression of the merger between the Gaia-Enceladus galaxy and our Milky Way, which took place during our galaxy’s early formation stages, 10 billion years ago.
SpaceCosmic collision: The Milky Way once flipped by more than 90 degreesJoshua Shavit
The Eulalia asteroid impact shower may explain a surge of collisions across Earth, the Moon and Mars 800 million years ago.
SpaceAncient asteroid breakup may have bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years agoJoseph Shavit
Fifty years after Viking 1 landed, NASA’s search for life on Mars is moving from red soil into the planet’s thin skies.
Space50 years later, Viking 1’s legacy is powering NASA’s next giant leap on MarsJoseph Shavit
A new study shows astronauts can take diagnostic X-rays in space, opening the door to better health care and safer missions.
SpaceFirst x-rays captured in space mark breakthrough for astronaut healthJoseph Shavit
Scientists propose that distant Little Red Dot galaxies could be hidden sources of high-energy neutrinos detected on Earth.
SpaceLittle red dot galaxies may solve a cosmic neutrino mysteryJoshua Shavit
The FCC space mirror approval allows Reflect Orbital to test artificial sunlight despite warnings about astronomy and safety.
SpaceFCC approves giant space mirror as astronomers warn of risks to the night skyJoseph Shavit
GW250114: Rotating Black Holes Collide. Black hole spectroscopy uses gravitational-wave ringing to test Einstein’s theory and search for new physics.
SpaceBlack Hole “ringing” could put Einstein’s theory to its toughest testJoshua Shavit