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Scientific American » Astrophysics
1w ago
editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
1w ago
For at least three years, the mysterious blast has shined 10 times brighter than any supernova ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
1w ago
After years of downtime for upgrades, the world’s premier gravitational-wave observatories are coming back online with big hopes for transformative discoveries ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
2w ago
A dying star swallowing a giant planet hints at the fate awaiting our solar system some five billion years from now ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
1M ago
The laws of physics allow time travel. So why haven’t people become chronological hoppers ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
1M ago
A candidate “rogue” supermassive black hole may weigh as much as 20 million suns and has sparked a trail of star formation that is 200,000 light-years long ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
1M ago
A severe geomagnetic storm created auroras that were visible as far south as Arizona in the U.S ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
1M ago
The “mother of dark matter” was a force of nature—and a forceful advocate for other women who wanted to dedicate their career to the cosmos ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
2M ago
The “absolutely monstrous” cosmic blast is estimated to be a 1-in-10,000-year event ..read more
Scientific American » Astrophysics
3M ago
New dedicated observatories and crowdsourced smartphone apps will study strange sightings in the sky. But questionable data quality and a lack of shared research standards remain key challenges ..read more