Hard Science

Researchers discover strange behavior in magnetars, ultra-powerful magnetic stars.

Ari Loeb, who suggested in 2018 that the mysterious object was an alien craft, is back to discuss the evidence.

A new study analyzed Martian glaciers to discover that the planet had numerous ice ages.

Researchers discover black holes that violate the uniqueness theorem and have “gravitational hair.”

Meet a spectacular new blue—the first inorganic new blue in some time.

Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe.

Dr. Katie Mack explains what dark energy is and two ways it could one day destroy the universe.

A unique exoplanet without clouds or haze was found by astrophysicists from Harvard and Smithsonian.

The newly discovered galaxies are 62 times bigger than the Milky Way.

A new study explains how a chaotic region just outside a black hole’s event horizon might provide a virtually endless supply of energy.

A new study proposes mysterious axions may be found in X-rays coming from a cluster of neutron stars.

Can computers do calculations in multiple universes? Scientists are working on it. Step into the world of quantum computing.

University of Tokyo scientists observe predicted quantum biochemical effects on cells.

How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.

Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon.

Scientists find that an RNA-DNA mix may have created the first life on our planet.

The satellite would burn instead of becoming more space debris.

The expansion of the universe is speeding up—contrary to what many physicists expected. A “heat death” is coming, but it’s not what you think.

Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.

Researchers from Norway discover that the Moon’s tides influence the release of methane from the ocean floor.

Researchers from MIT invent a highly accurate clock using quantum entanglement that can lead to new physics.

Planets can emit radio waves. For the first time, we’ve picked them up from outside the solar system.

New mathematics have shown that lines of energy can be used to describe the universe.

Scientists find an exoplanet whose strange behavior may lead to the Solar’s System hidden ninth planet.

Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel.

Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.

Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.

Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.

See the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.

A new study shows our planet is much closer to the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center than previously estimated.