Human beings only see the Universe now: 13.8 billion years after the Big Bang. What would the earliest life, anywhere, have seen instead?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »
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Astronomers have captured the sharpest images of the Sun's surface ever, uncovering a dynamic, microscopic fluid process that addresses some of solar physics' longest-standing mysteries.
When people choose the greatest scientist of all, Newton and Einstein always come up. Here's why they should pick Johannes Kepler instead.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »
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Ukrainian astronomers report detecting over 20 UFOs near the Moon, sparking debate over potential alien technology. Critics highlight methodological flaws and lack of independent verification.
Soft X-rays from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away triggered an urgent worldwide search in March 2026. The Einstein Probe satellite, built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences with the European Space Agency, recorded a brief pulse of these X ...
Although amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site, there were no obvious signs of a collision -- at least not yet.