The Missing Piece: Can Quantum Gravity Reveal the Secret of the Big Bang?

For decades, the world of physics has been divided. On one side, we have General Relativity, which explains the vast world of stars and galaxies. On the other, we have … Read More

Beyond the Heat: Could Ice Have Sparked the First Signs of Life?

While many theories suggest life began in boiling hydrothermal vents or sun-drenched tidal pools, new research is pointing toward a much colder origin story. Scientists at the Institute of Science … Read More

The Long Goodbye: NASA Shuts Down Another Voyager 1 Instrument to Save Power

A Sacrifice for Science: Saving Voyager 1 Floating more than 25 billion kilometers (15 billion miles) from Earth, Voyager 1 is currently traveling through the “interstellar medium”—the vast space between … Read More

A Tale of Two Rings: Why Uranus’s Faintest Orbits Are Different Colors

The Colorful Secrets of the Uranian Rings While Saturn’s rings are the showstoppers of the solar system, Uranus holds a spindly set of narrow rings that are much harder to … Read More