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May 18, 2018

Black hole traffic accidents may produce monster mergers

New research reveals that some black hole collisions may cascade, with the dense objects crashing into one another to create even more-massive black holes.

May 4, 2018

Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend: What you need to know

Expect to see more showers in May — meteor showers, that is.

May 3, 2018

Stephen Hawking's final paper cuts the multiverse down to size

Stephen Hawking's final paper, which aims to test a theory that proposes parallel universes, appeared today (May 2) in the Journal of High Energy Physics.

April 27, 2018

Scientists peer across the universe and find an ancient galactic collision

Astronomers set their sights on an area incredibly far away — more than 90 percent of the way across the observable universe — and found the beginnings of a massive cosmic collision, according to two new studies.

April 23, 2018

Here's how we know the Big Bang happened

At 13.8 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was the size of a peach and had a temperature of over a trillion degrees.

April 10, 2018

Hubble Telescope discovers a light-bending 'Einstein Ring' in space

The perfect circle surrounding a galaxy cluster in a new Hubble Space Telescope image is a visual indicator of the huge masses that are bending time and space in that region.

April 9, 2018

This is (probably) the only way dark matter interacts with ordinary matter

Dark matter has led scientists on a bit of a wild goose chase lately.

April 2, 2018

Venus' clouds could host extraterrestrial life, researchers say

A paper published last week takes a look at the second rock from the Sun -- Venus -- as well as its atmosphere.

March 31, 2018

Stephen Hawking laid to rest, honored by friends and colleagues

Famed British scientist Stephen Hawking was laid to rest Saturday during a private funeral in Cambridge attended by some 500 people.

March 30, 2018

Blue moon to light up sky ahead of Easter

Stargazers, get your binoculars ready: a blue moon will grace the night's sky this weekend, and the show is expected to be spectacular.