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Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller natural numbers. They can only be divided…

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar…

Galaxies are spooky places.Space itself is scary enough—dark, vast, cold and empty—but galaxies have all manner of terrifying beasts lurking inside. Most of these astrophysical monsters…

Black holes are eaters of all things, even radiation. But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect? A new study published in Physical…

In the time it took to read an email, the federal money vanished before Eisa Cox’s eyes: dollars that supported the Ashe county, North Carolina, school…

September 10, 20255 min readNew Black Hole Measurements Show More Ways Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein Were RightSpacetime ripples from a black hole collision across the…

An ancient and “nearly naked” black hole that astronomers believe may have been created in the first fraction of a second after the big bang has…

Since its launch in late 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been glimpsing some of the earliest epochs of cosmic time. Its observations have…

One of the most notable aspects about our planet—if observed from the outside—is that it spins. Earth’s spin defines our days, setting the fundamental rhythm of…

A team of astronomers have discovered a curious figure in the universe. It is two distant galaxies colliding with each other to form a larger structure.…