Latest articles by Robert Lea
Jupiter will be at its closest to Earth today (Sept. 26) in 59 years
Skywatchers will get a rare opportunity to see Jupiter in its full glory when its opposition happens at the same time as its closest approach to Earth.
Scientists blasted plastic with lasers and turned it into tiny diamonds and a new type of water
Shock-compressing PET plastics can create tiny nanodiamonds with a range of technological applications.
Rogue black hole wandering Milky Way alone proves Einstein right again
Astronomers have directly measured the mass and velocity of an isolated black hole for the first time using gravitational lensing.
Physicists discover never-before seen particle sitting on a tabletop
This newly-discovered particle could account for dark matter.
Temperatures colder than space achieved here on Earth using superconducting X-ray laser
Using a superconducting X-ray laser, researchers at SLAC achieved a temperature 4 degrees Fahrenheit above absolute zero.
Dark matter could be a cosmic relic from extra dimensions
Massive gravitons may have formed a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang, in abundances great enough to account for dark matter.
The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
Reference The sun is the solar system's central star and enables all life on Earth to exist and flourish.
Exoplanets: Alien worlds beyond our solar system
Reference As long as humanity has been gazing at the stars we have dreamed about life on other worlds, now known as exoplanets.
