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The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to 13.8 billion years and much younger when we explore the universe at ...

Imagine, right now, as you read these words, you're immersed in an unseen ocean of energy. Waves are zipping through your ...

On July 2, 2025, the China-led Einstein Probe (EP) space telescope detected an exceptionally bright X-ray source whose brightness varied rapidly during a routine sky survey. Its unusual signal ...

We often blame our stars for the relationships that do not go as planned. Instead of enriching our lives, some connections ...

A new metasurface design lets light of different spins bend, focus, and behave independently—while staying sharp across many ...

Figure 1. Artist's impression of the Einstein Probe satellite catching an intermediate black hole, tearing apart a white ...

Researchers have found what might be a little red dot transitioning into its final state, where x-rays burst through its gas cocoon. Others argue the object is nothing special ...

Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg has urged South Australians to dream big and embrace a space industry that has ...

MIT physicists have built a new microscope that can see quantum motion inside superconductors ...

Dispersion is an inherent feature of electromagnetic waves. It allows light to behave differently at different wavelengths, which can be useful, but it also creates chromatic aberrations. As bandwidth ...

NASA has reported a X4.2 solar flare, so what does it mean? We break down what a solar flare is and how it connects to the aurora Australis.