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Astronomers discovered a rare supernova from 10 billion years ago whose light was bent into multiple images by a galaxy's gravity, creating a cosmic time machine that could solve one of science's biggest mysteries. This discovery might finally explain dark energy, the mysterious force pushing our universe to expand faster and faster.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured light from a supernova that exploded when the universe was just 5% of its current age, shattering the previous distance record by over a billion years. The discovery reveals that ancient stars died in remarkably similar ways to stars today.
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a supernova whose light is taking multiple paths through space, with some images arriving now and others delayed by six decades. This cosmic phenomenon could finally help solve one of astronomy's biggest mysteries about how fast the universe is expanding.
NASA's newest space telescope has revealed stunning details of a supernova explosion that lit up Earth's skies two millennia ago. The discovery helps scientists understand why this ancient cosmic event expanded faster than expected.
Scientists discovered what could be a 1,700-year-old supernova remnant racing through space at two million miles per hour, incredibly close to the Milky Way's central black hole. If confirmed, this cosmic explosion would be one of the nearest ever found to our galaxy's heart.
Gravitational wave data reveals proof of rare supernovae so powerful they completely vaporize stars without leaving black holes behind. The discovery helps explain a mysterious gap in black hole sizes across the cosmos.
A groundbreaking study of over 750 Nobel Prize and major discoveries reveals that new tools and methods, not just funding or theory, drive most scientific breakthroughs. The findings could help us predict and accelerate future discoveries across all fields of science.
For the first time, NASA's Webb Telescope identified a star before it exploded, solving a decades-old mystery about missing supergiants. The discovery could explain why the universe's most massive dying stars have been so hard to find.
Scientists discovered a massive star explosion from just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, offering a rare glimpse into how the earliest stars lived and died. The supernova, nicknamed Eos after the goddess of dawn, could help explain where the building blocks of life first came from.
Scientists have finally captured definitive gamma-ray evidence of a supercharged supernova, revealing how the most magnetic objects in the universe are born. After nearly 20 years of searching, NASA's Fermi spacecraft witnessed a stellar explosion powered by a newborn magnetar spinning 700 times per second.
Astronomers discovered what could be a supernova remnant closer to our galaxy's central black hole than almost any other stellar explosion ever found. This cosmic discovery reveals how dying stars create the building blocks for future planets and life.
Astronomers just caught the first-ever birth of a magnetar, one of the most magnetic objects in the universe, solving a mystery that's puzzled scientists for two decades. The discovery confirms that these cosmic powerhouses form during ultra-bright supernova explosions.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just cracked a cosmic cold case 40 million years in the making by spotting the dusty red supergiant that exploded into supernova 2025pht. The discovery explains why some of the universe's most massive stars have been hiding in plain sight.
When Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe spotted a "new star" in 1572, he didn't just witness a supernova—he sparked the scientific revolution that transformed how humanity understands the universe. As AI promises another scientific revolution, this cosmic explosion reminds us how far observation and measurement have brought us.
A material scientist found a pattern that textbooks said couldn't exist, and his curiosity changed how we understand the atomic world. The discovery that started with "10 fold???" scribbled in a notebook led to an entirely new field of materials science.
When paleontologist John Ostrom saw photos of a fluffy dinosaur fossil in 1996, he began to cry and nearly collapsed. The discovery finally proved his decades-old theory that modern birds evolved from dinosaurs.
A new collaboration between Microsoft and biotech company Causaly is bringing AI-powered scientific reasoning to drug discovery, potentially cutting research time from years to months. The partnership announced June 4 could help scientists find new treatments faster by connecting millions of research papers with cutting-edge analytics.
A breakthrough AI platform just doubled the success rate of antibody design, potentially cutting drug discovery timelines from months to weeks. Pfizer is now using this technology to tackle diseases that have stumped researchers for years.
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Archaeologists just uncovered a 250-year-old brick kiln at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, revealing new evidence of the enslaved and free workers who built America's most famous home. The discovery proves there are still untold stories buried beneath our feet.
A groundbreaking analysis of over 750 Nobel Prize-winning discoveries reveals that new tools and methods—not theories alone—drive scientific breakthroughs. From microscopes to AI, the research shows how instruments unlock what was previously invisible.
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