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Kelly Kizer Whitt
Undersea telescope snags highest-energy neutrino yet observed
A telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has captured the highest-energy neutrino known yet. It proves such energies are possible!
February 12, 2025
Largest radio jet seen yet in the early universe
Scientists have seen the largest radio jet yet in the early universe. It's twice the size of the Milky Way and existed when the universe was 9% its current age.
February 9, 2025
Meet Quipu, largest known structure in the universe
Quipu is the largest known structure in the universe. Find out more about its size, its influence on our universe and the fate that awaits it.
February 8, 2025
Santorini earthquake swarm rattles island: Experts explain
The Santorini earthquake swarm has tourists rattled and thousands evacuating the island. Scientists from GFZ explain what's going on.
February 7, 2025
What if Bennu hit Earth? Simulations suggest catastrophe
Scientists have simulated what would happen if Bennu hit Earth. They said the effects could linger longer than those of the dinosaur-killing asteroid.
February 7, 2025
Boom! Galaxy with 9 rings nicknamed the Bullseye
Scientists have discovered a galaxy with 9 rings around it. The rings are evidence of an earlier collision, and the rings are where new stars are forming.
February 6, 2025
Can you ID these cities at night from space? Take the quiz!
Take this fun quiz to see how many cities at night you can identify from images astronauts took aboard the International Space Station.
February 2, 2025
Powerful cosmic explosion could be a new class of event
A powerful cosmic explosion - named EP240408a - might be a jetted tidal disruption, or perhaps it's something completely new! More here.
January 31, 2025
A filament of the cosmic web! Clearest image yet
A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope provides what these astronomers called "our clearest view yet" of a filament in the cosmic web.
January 29, 2025
Cascade volcanoes still have large pools of magma
Researchers have used seismometers to discover pools of lava sitting under dormant Cascade volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest.
January 29, 2025
