Mass

Can Black Holes Die?

Black holes are not necessarily eternal in the simplest quantum description. Stephen Hawking's work showed that quantum effects near an event horizon allow black holes t…

What Is a Supermassive Black Hole?

Supermassive black holes contain millions to billions of times the Sun's mass and are found at the centers of many large galaxies. Their enormous mass distinguishes them…

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 Is the Higgs Boson?

The Higgs boson is the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, a field that fills space and is central to how elementary particles acquire mass in the Standard Model.

Shocking discovery: Is Earth drifting away from its parent star?

The average distance between Earth and the Sun is increasing, with the leading suspicion being that our parent star is becoming less dense.

Largest creature on Earth discovered

Researchers estimate that the creature was about 20m long and weighed up to 340 tonnes, a mass that exceeds any other known animal on Earth.

Huge Block of Material Hidden Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean

Scientists know almost nothing about the origin and composition of two large continent-sized rock masses located on opposite sides of the Earth's inner mantle.

How small is the Earth next to the Sun?

Although it is the largest object in the Solar System, the Sun is only average in size compared to the rest of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

234 million years ago, there was a rain that lasted 2 million years - Beware of a repeat disaster!

234 million years ago, nature created a continuous rainfall that lasted for 2 million years. This event triggered the third mass extinction and the rise of the dinosaurs.

Discovery changes fundamental theory of light

Scientists have found a new limit on the mass of a particle of light (photon) based on indirect measurements.

New research reveals the cause of the mass death of dinosaurs

A newly published study has shared the latest evidence about what killed the dinosaurs.

Supercomputer predicts mass extinction in 2100

Scientists ran a supercomputer simulation that depicted a mass extinction on Earth in the year 2100.

When will humans be able to master and use antimatter?

Modern science believes that just a little bit of antimatter can release huge amounts of energy, which is also considered the most ideal and perfect source of energy.

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?