The 10 most massive black hole findings from 2022 By Brandon Specktor published 29 December 22 From "rogue" black holes cruising the cosmos to one of the oldest black hole ancestors in this universe, this year's findings truly sucked us in.
8 times physics blew our minds in 2022 By Ben Turner published 29 December 22 Nuclear fusion, lab-simulated wormholes, and ramming distant asteroids, here are the biggest and best physics stories of the year.
The 10 most jaw-dropping space images of 2022 By Brandon Specktor published 28 December 22 Cosmic cliffs, smiling suns and Martian "polygons" made this year a blast for stargazers everywhere.
7 out-of-this-world alien stories from 2022 By Ben Turner published 27 December 22 Metallic spheres zooming past military jets, mysterious signals inside the world's largest telescope, and theories on why we have yet to make contact.
10 solar storms that blew us away in 2022 By Harry Baker published 26 December 22 Solar activity was on the rise this year, which meant an abundance of amazing solar storm-related stories. Here are our favorites.
'Mind-boggling' alloy is Earth's toughest material, even at extreme temperatures By Robert Lea published 22 December 22 A metallic alloy of chromium, cobalt, and nickel is over 100 times tougher than graphene and gets even more resistant to damage at extremely low temperatures.
Mars InSight lander sends bittersweet goodbye selfie after 4 years of revealing the Red Planet's mysteries By Brandon Specktor last updated 22 December 22 The robot that made 'Marsquake' a part of our vocabulary is finally dead in the Martian dust.
One of the world's largest lasers could be used to detect alien warp drives By Ben Turner published 21 December 22 The detector would search for ripples in the fabric of space-time left in the spacecraft's wake.
Massive earthquake that shook Mars is 5 times stronger than any other By Jamie Carter published 20 December 22 With death closing in, NASA's Mars InSight Lander picked up a record-breaking Marsquake in May.
Shock wave from sun has opened up a crack in Earth's magnetic field, and it could trigger a geomagnetic storm By Ben Turner published 19 December 22 The storm is classed as a G1 storm, so is expected to be fairly mild.
US military reports 'several hundred' UFO sightings in 2022, Pentagon officials claim By Brandon Specktor published 19 December 22 UFO reports from U.S. military personnel are flooding the government's new All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
Does gravity make you age more slowly? By Joshua A. Krisch published 17 December 22 If you're at sea level, or you age more slowly or faster than someone at the top of Mount Everest?
Grapefruit-size fireball from mysterious Oort Cloud could rewrite the history of the solar system By Jamie Carter published 16 December 22 Rocky fireballs like the one that fell over Alberta, Canada last year shouldn't originate from the icy Oort Cloud... but this one apparently did.
'Mars' interior is not behaving,' active mantle plume reveals By Joanna Thompson published 16 December 22 In a first, planetary geologists describe an active mantle plume on the surface of Mars.
Uncontrollable coolant leak on Russian ISS capsule puts future missions in jeopardy By Brett Tingley published 15 December 22 Three astronauts are scheduled to fly home on the capsule in March 2023. Now that may no longer be possible.
Aliens haven't contacted Earth because there's no sign of intelligence here, new answer to the Fermi paradox suggests By Stephanie Pappas published 15 December 22 A new paper claims that intelligent aliens would only be interested in contacting the most technologically advanced planets, and Earth doesn't make the cut.
Artemis Program: NASA's plan to send humans back to the moon By Adam Mann last updated 15 December 22 Basic information about the Artemis program's Space Launch System and Orion capsule.
What will NASA's Artemis I mission teach us? By Brandon Specktor last updated 15 December 22 Launching the world's most powerful rocket is just the beginning.
James Webb Space Telescope captures 'extraordinary' clouds in the atmosphere of Saturn's alien moon Titan By JoAnna Wendel published 14 December 22 Studying Titan's clouds will help scientists understand why Saturn's largest moon is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere.
How gravitational waves can 'see inside' black holes By Paul Sutter published 14 December 22 What lurks at the center of a black hole? Studying the space-time ripples from black hole collisions could reveal an answer.
