An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon ...

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In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built ...

Modern oil tankers carry some of the most volatile cargo on Earth, yet catastrophic explosions are virtually unheard of. The answer lies in a surprisingly elegant system that uses the ship's own ...

Call it Spud-nick. An image of a tentacled growth in space has caused an uproar online with freaked-out viewers imploring ...

Mike Hankey, a researcher who manages fireball reporting tools for the AMS, analyzed data stretching back to 2011. He shared his findings in a recent AMS report, noting this meteorite season is ...

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The physics and astronomy professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss his work on dark energy and the Vera C. Rubin ...

The findings confirm a theory first proposed 16 years ago by University of California, Berkeley theoretical astrophysicist ...

NASA’s Hubble telescope captured an “extraordinarily” rare moment of a comet exploding into fragments, the space agency said. The comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), was caught fragmenting ...

Sixteen years ago, theoretical astrophysicists at UC Berkeley and elsewhere proposed that highly magnetized, spinning neutron stars — magnetars — were the power source behind some superluminous ...