Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three ...

Little red dots were first observed by the James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) shortly after the spacecraft began collecting ...

Astronomers have detected a rogue planet roughly the size of Saturn wandering alone through the Milky Way. Unlike most ...

It's estimated there may be trillions of rogue planets wandering through the Milky Way, unbound to any star. Since detecting our first ones, we have been presented with an odd mystery.

For the first time, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a rogue planet, one that doesn’t orbit a star, by measuring ...

Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly loop around them. But we’ve also discovered a handful ...

Laurent Simons from Belgium holds a PhD in quantum physics at the age of 15. (Image: Instagram/@laurent_simons) Laurent Simons, age 15, earned a PhD in quantum physics at University of Antwerp His ...

Specks of dust from Saturn’s rings appear to float much farther above and below the planet than scientists thought possible, suggesting the rings are more like a giant dusty doughnut. The main ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

Thomas Sowell published his groundbreaking book The Einstein Syndrome[1] in 2001, following his earlier book Late Talking Children.[2] In The Einstein Syndrome, Sowell analyzes the traits of children ...

In 1995, two papers reported long-sought proof of an exotic state of matter — with applications in fields as diverse as quantum computing and cosmology. Read the paper: Observation of Bose-Einstein ...

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible. Reading time 2 minutes Stargazers with backyard telescopes may notice ...