In 2008, astronomers detected an unexplained bright object located 25 light-years from Earth in the Piscis Austrinus ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

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"The cosmic dipole anomaly has thus established itself as a major challenge to the standard cosmological model, even if the ...

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COSMIC, a multipurpose X-ray instrument, has made headway in the scientific community since its launch less than 2 years ago, with contributions in fields ranging from batteries to biominerals. COSMIC ...

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In a book to be published this October, physicist Paul Halpern will explain how to build and use a cosmic wormhole as an interstellar shortcut to distant parts of the universe, or to travel backward ...

acceleration pedal assembly during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington to discuss Toyota's sudden acceleration problems. Could cosmic rays affect electronics here on Earth? Yes, ...