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Runaway star caught streaking across Milky Way at 2 million mph ... in the wrong directionAstronomers say a weird star careening through the Milky Way could have survived the explosive powers of a supernova.
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Mysterious flashes of radio light come in two 'flavors,' new survey findsThey might provide a new way to see the cosmos.
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Physicists link 'quantum memories' in early step toward quantum internetTwo novel demonstrations bring the backbone of the quantum internet, quantum repeaters, a little closer.
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Physicists get close to taming the chaos of the 'three-body problem'The intractable "three-body problem" gets closer to being solved with breakthrough study.
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What Is St. Elmo's Fire?Reference Article: Facts about St. Elmo's fire.
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What Is Convergent Evolution?Why do dolphins look so much like sharks? Why do pandas have thumbs? Because evolutionarily speaking, sometimes there tends to be one best way to get the job done.
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The Big Bang Theory: How the Universe BeganThe Big Bang Theory describes the first fraction of a second of the universe's existence.
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Cosmology: Uncovering the Story of the UniverseCosmologists ask the big questions. And sometimes, they find big answers.
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What the Heck Is a Blobfish?The blobfish may be ugly on land, but it's rather handsome where it belongs — deep under the ocean.
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Mental Bias Puts Airport Security at Risk, and This Tech Could HelpRemote screening stations at airports could use technology to minimize the effect of a little-known cognitive bias called satisfaction of search.
