Horizon

What Is a Black Hole and How Do Black Holes Form?

A black hole is a region where matter has been compressed so strongly that, inside a boundary called the event horizon, escape would require moving faster than light. Bl…

What's New in Medical Research?

Medical research changes continuously, so a page about what is new needs a clear time horizon. This overview reflects publicly reported research developments available i…

Could our entire universe be inside a black hole?

What if we - and our entire universe - were inside a black hole?

What if humans could use Black Holes to travel through time?

Currently, humans have not been able to build any spacecraft capable of taking us close to a Black Hole. If we ignore this detail, time travel is completely possible usi…

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.

NASA's 'Ninth Planet' Shows Signs of Being Friendly to Life

Never-before-seen scene on Mars in this photo that took NASA 3 months to capture

NASA's Odyssey orbiter has captured a unique image of the Martian horizon.

The earth is round but why do we only see it as flat?

In ancient times, people believed that the Earth was shaped like a flat, round or square disk, and to this day some people still believe in the Flat Earth theory.

200-passenger hybrid aircraft

The Natilus's seamless wing-to-body design will create more lift and less drag, while cutting emissions in half.

NASA spacecraft lost in strange space at the edge of the Solar System

What NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountered may hint at a hidden structure in the coldest, darkest reaches of the Solar System.

What is zenith sun?

In astronomy, the zenith is roughly understood as the point in the sky directly above the observer's head.

Discover the ghostly green lightning phenomenon

Green lightning is a natural optical phenomenon that occurs after sunset or before dawn. However, because of its ghostly blue light, many people confuse it with mysterio…

China aims for laser submarines that move at the speed of sound

China seems to be charting new horizons by developing submarines powered by laser technology.

The NASA ship encountered a strange structure surrounding the Solar System

At what seemed to be the end of the solar system, the NASA New Horizons spacecraft discovered signs of a

The mystery of the origin of the universe: Can each black hole give birth to a baby universe and do we live in a black hole?

Is our universe a black hole? This is a difficult question to answer accurately, however many astronomical phenomena show that this statement is not impossible.