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Paul Sutter

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Past articles by Paul M.:

Scientists think they saw an asteroid crash into a dead star — and release one of the brightest explosions in the universe

Astronomers proposed a new mechanism behind mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs), and it involves unlucky asteroids crashing into neutron stars. → Read More

5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang, the theory that defines the history of the universe

From the Catholic priest who pioneered it, to how we can (almost) see it, here are 5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang. → Read More

Mathematicians end decades-long quest to find elusive 'vampire einstein' shape

Researchers have discovered a new 14-sided shape called the Spectre that can be used to tile a surface without ever creating a repeating pattern, ending a decades' long mathematical hunt. → Read More

Strange star system may hold first evidence of an ultra-rare 'dark matter star'

In a distant star system, a sunlike star orbits an invisible object that may be the first example of a 'boson star' made of dark matter, new research suggests. → Read More

Some black holes may actually be tangles in the fabric of space-time, new research suggests

A new paper discusses how light interacts with theoretical objects called "topological solitons" — kinks in the fabric of space-time that look just like black holes. → Read More

Gravity can transform into light, mind-bending physics paper suggests

In the early universe, gravity may have been capable of creating light, a new theoretical paper finds. → Read More

Dark energy could lead to a second (and third, and fourth) Big Bang, new research suggests

Scientists have proposed a way that the universe could stop expanding, ending in a 'Big Crunch' that resets space and time as we know it. → Read More

The early universe was crammed with stars 10,000 times the size of our sun, new study suggests

When the universe's first stars emerged from the cosmic dark ages, they ballooned to 10,000 times the mass of Earth's sun, new research suggests. → Read More

Blue stragglers are the weird grandparents of the galaxy

Blue straggler stars are the weird grandparents of the galaxy: They should be old, but they act young. Finding and studying these strange stars helps us understand the complicated life cycles of norma → Read More

Do we live in a rotating universe? If we did, we could travel back in time

Living in a rotating universe would be strange indeed. → Read More

No, the Big Bang theory is not 'broken.' Here's how we know.

Researchers confirmed that the distant galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope are, indeed, perfectly compatible with our modern understanding of cosmology. → Read More

The universe is slightly hotter than it should be. 'Dark photons' could be to blame.

Intergalactic gas clouds are slightly hotter than they should be, new research claims, and theoretical particles called 'dark photons' could explain it. → Read More

Almost anyone can become an amateur astronomer. What will you find?

Want to become a published astronomer? All it takes is a spare telescope, or at least a decent internet connection, and plenty of patience. → Read More

Elusive 'Buchdahl stars' are black holes without event horizons. But do they really exist?

These hypothetical stars are the densest objects in the universe that can exist without becoming full-fledged black holes. → Read More

Does reality exist when we're not looking?

In quantum physics, particles exist in many states at once until you measure them. Can reality really work that way? → Read More

Do quantum universes really exist?

In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, such as the Many-Worlds interpretation or the Pilot Wave Theory, parallel universes may form every time a subatomic particle goes through any interaction. → Read More

Why time-traveling tachyons probably don't exist

Einstein toyed with the idea of faster-than-light-particles but found that such particles violated a central rule of the universe: causality. → Read More

Newfound kind of supernova can tear apart a planet's atmosphere

A special type of supernova might be able to destroy a planet's ozone layer years after the initial explosion. → Read More

Does consciousness explain quantum mechanics?

A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome. → Read More

Is all matter made up of both particles and waves?

According to quantum mechanics, the physics theory that describes the zoo of subatomic particles, all matter can be described as both particles and waves. But is it real? → Read More