Freemasons make use of numerous symbols on their buildings, regalia and texts. But non-Freemasons are probably most familiar with the mysterious square and compass symbol that adorns many Masonic lodges. Freemasonry, known popularly for its white aprons and arcane symbols,…
In a new study, researchers have modeled the interiors of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Researchers are investigating an alien version of water inside the strange, icy interiors of Uranus and Neptune. In a new study, scientists have devised…
The 2018 Perseid meteor shower seen over Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Alps. Skywatchers beware: the moon will hinder attempts to observe the Perseids, typically one of the best meteor displays of the year. For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded…
The quantum world is a pretty wild one, where the seemingly impossible happens all the time: Teensy objects separated by miles are tied to one another, and particles can even be in two places at once. But one of the…
Artist’s impression of a magnetar launching a burst of X-ray and radio waves across the galaxy Thirty thousand years ago, a dead star on the other side of the Milky Way belched out a powerful mixture of radio and X-ray…
The comedian is sure he saw saw an alien aircraft above his Manchester home when he was 14 – and his brother was so scared that he couldn’t stop crying! Convinced Jason Manford says he saw a UFO hover over…
The U.S. government says Russia tested a space weapon earlier this month. Russia says the device, launched July 15, is not a weapon but rather a satellite designed to inspect other satellites. But, the U.S. Space Command (USCC) said in…
Something caused a giant black hole’s bright corona to wink out. Researchers suspect it may have been a collision with a star, illustrated here. Telescopes all over the world watched a bright flash appear around a distant, supermassive black hole.…
An artist’s illustration shows how craters on the moon preserve evidence of its violent past. About 800 million years ago, a flurry of small asteroids slammed into the moon, pocking the lunar surface with clusters of craters. But the moon…
A picture taken on July 19, 2020, shows a screen broadcasting the launch of the “Hope” Mars probe at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates’ probe Hope is on its way to Mars, marking…
A portion of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope’s new image of the cosmic microwave background Ancient light from the Big Bang has revealed a precise new estimate for the universe’s age: 13.77 billion years, give or take 40 million years.…