[ad_1] Voyager probes left our Solar System years ago, but even as they travel through interstellar space, they are still detecting bursts of cosmic rays from our Sun, more than 23 billion kilometers (14 billion miles) away. A detailed analysis of recent data from both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 …
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[ad_1] A fascinating oddity of the Universe is that shapes and patterns can be found in extremely different contexts: the Golden Spiral can be seen in the human cochlea and in the shape of a spiral galaxy; the fractal geometry of the veins echoed in the ramifications of lightning. In …
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[ad_1] For nearly a century, astronomers have understood that the Universe is in a state of expansion. Since the 1990s, they have realized that since 4 billion years ago, the rate of expansion has been accelerating. As this progresses, and the galaxy clusters and filaments of the Universe move further …
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[ad_1] A massive dying star is not a peaceful event. It expels its outer material in a colossal explosion, irradiating space with high-energy gamma radiation for several years. However, empty space isn’t the only thing exposed to this radiation. New research suggests that Earth’s ancient trees may contain evidence of …
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