Space science

The biggest 'atomic bombs' in the universe

A supernova is an explosion that releases so much energy and brightness that it outshines entire galaxies containing several hundred billion stars.

Can Cherenkov radiation make particles move faster than the speed of light?

Aliens spraying matter at NASA ship?

Data from the Cassini spacecraft shows NASA is on the right track in its hunt for alien life.

Mysterious ghostly phenomenon in Earth's orbit

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen on December 5 filmed a mysterious and creepy phenomenon called

The giant star disappeared, something terrible took its place

A variable star has broken conventional cosmological theory right before the eyes of Earthlings.

Science reassesses possibility of asteroid Apophis hitting Earth

According to the latest observations and calculations, there is still a certain risk that asteroid Apophis will change its orbit and hit Earth in 2029.

Hundreds of stars disappeared without a trace, where did they go?

Many theories have been put forward, but no one is sure how the stars disappeared, or where they are now.

Shocking Truth: These Monster Planets Are 'Time Machines'

Data from NASA and ESA reveal a giant, extreme planet with the power to cause its neighboring star to rejuvenate and distort astronomical measurements.

NASA finds 'signs of life' on objects visible to the naked eye

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Unexpected discovery on moon of 'potentially habitable' planet

If signs of Pluto's underground ocean have some scientists hopeful of life, the underground ocean in its moon Charon is a paradoxical hell.

'Ghostly' neutrinos detected for the first time inside the world's largest particle accelerator

For the first time, physicists have created and detected

The Deadly Truth About How the Earth May Have Come to Be

An Earth twice as large is impossible, because astronomers have just found a dead planet desert.

Scientists discover twisted crystals that use 'pseudo-gravity' to bend light like black holes

Photonic crystals are optical nanostructures that affect the propagation of photons within them in a similar way to the way semiconductor crystals affect the motion of e…

Disappearing for 14 years, 'space monster' reappears with shocking appearance

In 2009, a star

Can Vietnam observe the annular solar eclipse in October?

Millions of people in the Americas will be able to witness an interesting astronomical phenomenon on October 14, which is an annular solar eclipse (when the Moon is seen…