Latest articles by Tim Childers
Boötes constellation: Location, stars and mythology
Refrence Boötes is a constellation in the northern hemisphere containing one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Arcturus.
What is a light-year?
reference A light-year is a measurement of the distance light travels in a single Earth year, which is important for measuring the vast distances of space
Lab-grown black hole analog behaves just like Stephen Hawking said it would
Like mad scientists, researchers are creating miniature black holes in their laboratories. Their mission? To see if a mysterious form of radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking exists.
Cosmic bubbles may have forged dark matter, new theory suggests
New theory suggests cosmic bubbles during the birth of our universe are responsible for creating dark matter.
Physicists entangle 15 trillion hot atoms
Physicists set a new record by linking together a hot soup of 15 trillion atoms in a bizarre phenomenon called quantum entanglement.
Identity-Switching Neutrinos Could Reveal Why We Exist At All. But Can We Find Them?
Scientists are searching for a ghostly neutrino particle that acts as its own antiparticle. If they find it, the discovery could resolve a cosmic conundrum: Why does matter exist at all?
Physicists Just Created the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe in History
An international team of scientists has created the most detailed large-scale model of the universe to date, a simulation they call TNG50.
Green Bank Observatory: Pioneering Radio Astronomy
Home to the largest fully steerable telescope in the world, Green Bank Observatory has a long history of leading the world in radio astronomy.
Einstein's Theory Predicts a Weird State of Matter. Could It Be Lurking in the World's Largest Atom Smasher?
This mysterious matter was predicted from Einstein's theory of special relativity, but physicists can't seem to find it!
Right Again, Einstein! Wobbling Pulsar Confirms General Relativity
A pulsar 25,000 light-years away is wobbling in a weird way. But Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted it more than a century ago.
'Einstein's Biggest Blunder' May Have Finally Been Fixed
The cosmological constant has plagued physicists for more than a century.
If Aliens Are Flashing Laser Beams at Us, We Now Have a Way to Detect Them
Are aliens using super powerful flashlights to get our attention? Astronomers think there's a chance they are.
