What is a white hole?

So you thought the Universe was a place of peace and calm? Think again. Yes, the night sky looks the same as centuries ago – a trustworthy and unchanging backdrop to daily life that helps to ease your

The end is inevitable. Eventually, our Sun will grow old and die. When it does, how much of the rest of the Solar System will it take with it? The fate of Earth hangs in the balance… The end will star

What is a gamma-ray burst? Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense sources of high-energy radiation that we detect on Earth in the form of gamma rays. They were first detected in the 1960s by US military

Amazing answers to your curious questions

What are ‘little red dots’? Little red dots (LRDs) are compact red dots that were discovered in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data. Observations show that these objects are common in the early Uni

The interstellar comet or spacecraft, 3I/Atlas (FT465:27) excited the world of ufology in 2025. Despite Avi Loeb’s best efforts, most experts regarded it as an unusual object but not a 33-billion-ton