Latest articles by Yasemin Saplakoglu
5,000 Mini-Eyes Just Blinked Open to Scan the Skies for Dark Energy
Astronomers recently completed the first test run of the nearly-complete Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
Humans Will Never Live on An Exoplanet, Nobel Laureate Says. Here's Why.
Here's the reality: We're messing up the Earth and any far-out ideas of colonizing another orb when we're done with our own are wishful thinking.
Advanced Alien Civilizations May Produce 'Technosignatures' That We Could Find, Experts Say
If life evolved the same way elsewhere in the cosmos as it did on our planet, could we find it by the technological traces such civilizations might leave behind?
Newfound Cosmic 'Gateway' Funnels Small, Icy Objects to the Inner Solar System
Beginning as small, icy bodies on the outskirts of the solar system, comets turn into spectacular streaks of light when they pass through a "gateway" near Jupiter.
There's a Lost Continent Hiding Beneath Europe
The lost continent "Greater Adria" existed hundreds of millions of years ago after it broke off from Gondwana.
Dark 'Half-Magnets' from the Sun Could Be Streaming Through Us Every Day
Two theoretical physicists propose a novel idea to find dark matter — and it might actually be testable.
Extraterrestrial Mineral Never Before Seen on Earth Found Inside a Famous Meteorite
A never-seen-before extraterrestrial mineral was lurking inside a meteorite found nearly 70 years ago.
Tropical Storm Dorian Just Turned into a Hurricane
Dorian might strengthen to a Category 3 Hurricane before hitting Florida.
'Spooky' Quantum Entanglement Finally Captured in Stunning Photo
Scientists just captured the first-ever photo of a "spooky" quantum physics phenomenon.
Football-Size Meteorite May Have Landed in an Indian Rice Field
The strange magnetic rock was the size of a football.
How Astronomers Missed the Massive Asteroid That Just Whizzed Past Earth
A large asteroid just whizzed past our planet — and astronomers weren't expecting it.
'Missing' Interstellar Iron May Just Be Good at Hiding
A new study suggests the universe's missing iron may not be missing at all, just really good at hiding.
Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus Is Likely the 'Perfect Age' to Harbor Life
It's probably around 1 billion years old.
Life on Icy Alien Worlds May Resemble Creatures Under Submerged Hawaiian Volcano
What do a deep underwater volcano in Hawaii and Saturn's moon have in common? Astrobiologists are hoping the answer to that question is life.
On Alien Worlds, Extraterrestrials Could Be Spewing a Toxic, Smelly Gas. That's How We Could Find Them.
Phosphine, a horrible-smelling gas that's toxic to life on Earth, could signal the existence of alien life-forms elsewhere in the universe.
Off the Coast of Portugal, the Earth's Crust Might Be Peeling in Two
It might explain the massive earthquake of 1755 which destroyed the city of Lisbon.
Faster-Than-Light Particles Emit Superbright Gamma Rays that Circle Pulsars
The ultrabright gamma-ray flashes are caused by faster-than-light-particles.
This Antarctic Meteorite Holds a Tiny Speck of Stardust That's Older Than the Solar System
This speck of primeval stardust may hold clues about the origin of the solar system.
Black Hole Spits Out High-Energy Jets at Near Light-Speed
Black holes gobble up most matter around them, but some of it escapes, spewing nearly-light-speed jets of material.
An Incredibly Powerful White-Light Superflare Erupted from a Small, Faint Star
This tiny, cool star produced a powerful superflare.
What If Winter Lasted for Years Like It Does on 'Game of Thrones'?
It'd be cold, very cold
All Your Questions About the New Black Hole Image Answered
Yesterday, Earthlings first laid eyes on an actual image of a black hole — turning what lived only in our collective imaginations into concrete reality.
What’s the Closest Planet to Earth? Not Venus, Scientists Say
That acronym you learned to memorize the order of the planets has led you astray.
