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Bubble Of Hot Gas Seen Zooming Around Our Supermassive Black Hole At One-Third Lightspeed

A bubble of hot gas swirling around Sagittarius A*.

Bubble Of Hot Gas Seen Zooming Around Our Supermassive Black Hole At One-Third Lightspeed

A bubble of hot gas swirling around Sagittarius A*.

Bubble Of Hot Gas Seen Zooming Around Our Supermassive Black Hole At One-Third Lightspeed

We're starting to understand what's going on around Sagittarius A*.

Sep 23 2022

Asteroid That Became A Meteorite Found In Archival Images For First Time

fireball/meteorite falling to the ground against starry sky

Asteroid That Became A Meteorite Found In Archival Images For First Time

Sep 23 2022

DART Snaps Gorgeous Image Of Jupiter On The Way To Its Date With An Asteroid

Jupiter and its four largest moons taken by NASA's DART

DART Snaps Gorgeous Image Of Jupiter On The Way To Its Date With An Asteroid

Sep 23 2022

Latest Space and Physics Stories

Incredible Photo From The ISS Captures “Space Angel”. What Do You See?

A great blue slanting line that swoops across the dark image is actually the edge of Earth from the ISS. In the middle is strange white squiggle, a bit like a line of smoke that ends in light being refracted into the shape of a snow angel

Incredible Photo From The ISS Captures “Space Angel”. What Do You See?

A great blue slanting line that swoops across the dark image is actually the edge of Earth from the ISS. In the middle is strange white squiggle, a bit like a line of smoke that ends in light being refracted into the shape of a snow angel

Space and Physics

Incredible Photo From The ISS Captures “Space Angel”. What Do You See?

Sep 23 2022

IFLScience The Big Questions: Why Is The Universe Made Of Matter And Not Antimatter?

IFLScience The Big Questions: Why Is The Universe Made Of Matter And Not Antimatter?

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IFLScience The Big Questions: Why Is The Universe Made Of Matter And Not Antimatter?

Sep 23 2022

Gaia Finds The Protogalaxy That Became The Milky Way’s Heart

The milky way visible in the night sky as the sun sets below the horizon

Gaia Finds The Protogalaxy That Became The Milky Way’s Heart

The milky way visible in the night sky as the sun sets below the horizon

Gaia Finds The Protogalaxy That Became The Milky Way’s Heart

Sep 22 2022

“Frosted Cupcake” Clouds Caught Dancing On Jupiter

3D renders show the clouds of Jupiter swiling around like "frosting" on a cupcake.

“Frosted Cupcake” Clouds Caught Dancing On Jupiter

3D renders show the clouds of Jupiter swiling around like "frosting" on a cupcake.

“Frosted Cupcake” Clouds Caught Dancing On Jupiter

Sep 22 2022

Tonight Jupiter Will Be Its Closest And Brightest For 59 Years

JWST's gloriou image of jupiter in infrared where it appears to shine a ghostly glowing blue

Tonight Jupiter Will Be Its Closest And Brightest For 59 Years

JWST's gloriou image of jupiter in infrared where it appears to shine a ghostly glowing blue

Tonight Jupiter Will Be Its Closest And Brightest For 59 Years

Sep 22 2022

Does Equinox Really Mean Equal Day And Night?

This incredibe image of the vernal equinox dividing Earth in half by night and day in 2019 from space makes it all look so simple. Image credit: NOAA/NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory

Does Equinox Really Mean Equal Day And Night?

This incredibe image of the vernal equinox dividing Earth in half by night and day in 2019 from space makes it all look so simple. Image credit: NOAA/NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory

Space and Physics

Does Equinox Really Mean Equal Day And Night?

Sep 22 2022

Super-Earths Are Bigger, More Common And More Habitable Than Earth Itself – And Astronomers Are Discovering More Of The Billions They Think Are Out There

Kepler-69c: Super-Venus

Super-Earths Are Bigger, More Common And More Habitable Than Earth Itself – And Astronomers Are Discovering More Of The Billions They Think Are Out There

Kepler-69c: Super-Venus

Super-Earths Are Bigger, More Common And More Habitable Than Earth Itself – And Astronomers Are Discovering More Of The Billions They Think Are Out There

Sep 22 2022

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Now Has All The Elements For Life

Enceladus in front of the Milky Way galaxy, with bright sun in the background

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Now Has All The Elements For Life

Enceladus in front of the Milky Way galaxy, with bright sun in the background

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Now Has All The Elements For Life

Sep 21 2022

JWST Captures Neptune And Its Intriguing Rings As We Have Never Seen Before

Neptune and it's rings

JWST Captures Neptune And Its Intriguing Rings As We Have Never Seen Before

Neptune and it's rings

JWST Captures Neptune And Its Intriguing Rings As We Have Never Seen Before

Sep 21 2022

Everyone Is Clowning On Space Force's Official Anthem

Everyone Is Clowning On Space Force's Official Anthem

Space and Physics

Everyone Is Clowning On Space Force's Official Anthem

Sep 21 2022

Mars Is Littered With 15,694 Pounds Of Human Trash From 50 Years Of Robotic Exploration

Trash on the planet Mars.

Mars Is Littered With 15,694 Pounds Of Human Trash From 50 Years Of Robotic Exploration

Trash on the planet Mars.

Mars Is Littered With 15,694 Pounds Of Human Trash From 50 Years Of Robotic Exploration

Sep 21 2022

JWST’s Planetary Data May Be Too Good For Existing Models To Handle, Scientists Claim

The JWST can provide us with much more detailed spectra for exoplanets than any previous telescope, but our models for interpreting what we get can produce misleading results

JWST’s Planetary Data May Be Too Good For Existing Models To Handle, Scientists Claim

The JWST can provide us with much more detailed spectra for exoplanets than any previous telescope, but our models for interpreting what we get can produce misleading results

JWST’s Planetary Data May Be Too Good For Existing Models To Handle, Scientists Claim

Sep 20 2022

We'll Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe In Next 25 Years, Says Astrophysicist

An artist's illlustration of a red exoplanet with mountains, a sun, and crescent moon.

We'll Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe In Next 25 Years, Says Astrophysicist

An artist's illlustration of a red exoplanet with mountains, a sun, and crescent moon.

We'll Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe In Next 25 Years, Says Astrophysicist

Sep 20 2022

Features

What Is Time, And How Do We Know It Exists?

An illustration of hourglass with dots of light indicating the sand floating away

What Is Time, And How Do We Know It Exists?

Sep 19 2022

Comets And Kings: When Fireballs Blazing Through The Sky Were Taken As A Bad Sign

Halley's comet streaks through a night sky

Space and Physics

Comets And Kings: When Fireballs Blazing Through The Sky Were Taken As A Bad Sign

Sep 16 2022

Death In Space: Here’s What Would Happen To Our Bodies

What happens to an astronaut body if they die in space?

Death In Space: Here’s What Would Happen To Our Bodies

Sep 2 2022

Multimedia

IFLScience The Big Questions: How Will The Universe End?

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IFLScience The Big Questions: How Will The Universe End?

Jul 29 2022

IFLScience The Big Questions: What Is The Universe Made Of?

Podcast

Space and Physics

IFLScience The Big Questions: What Is The Universe Made Of?

Oct 28 2021

IFLScience The Big Questions: Are We Alone In The Universe?

Podcast

Space and Physics

IFLScience The Big Questions: Are We Alone In The Universe?

Sep 2 2021

physics

In A Single-Molecule Layer, Water Can Act Like Neither Solid Nor Liquid

photograph of glacier, sea, and clouds

In A Single-Molecule Layer, Water Can Act Like Neither Solid Nor Liquid

Sep 15 2022

Einstein Is Right Again – Most Precise Measurement Of Free Fall Principle Confirms Theory

stone and a feather balancing equally on a rock

Einstein Is Right Again – Most Precise Measurement Of Free Fall Principle Confirms Theory

Sep 14 2022

chemistry

Why Did This Famous Medieval Palace’s Golden Ceilings Start Turning Purple?

The gold ceiling of the Hall foKings, palace Alhambra, showing ten Islamic rulers

Why Did This Famous Medieval Palace’s Golden Ceilings Start Turning Purple?

Sep 13 2022

Relax, TikTokkers Aren't Using Mercury In Their Slime Videos

Relax, TikTokkers Aren't Using Mercury In Their Slime Videos

Sep 8 2022

Astronomy

Stunning Supernova May Have Been Visible In The Night Sky In The Middle Ages

On top of a field of star a reddish nebula is visible inside one can see bright blushish gas

Stunning Supernova May Have Been Visible In The Night Sky In The Middle Ages

Sep 16 2022

New Hubble Image Showcases Two "Overlapping" Spiral Galaxies In Rare Optical Illusion

Hubble photographed two spiral galaxies, named SDSS J115331 and LEDA 2073461

New Hubble Image Showcases Two "Overlapping" Spiral Galaxies In Rare Optical Illusion

Sep 16 2022