Space & Physics

Here you'll find the latest on physics and the vast, dark frontier. Stories cover the infinitely large universe to the infinitely small world of subatomic particles.

By Discover Magazine

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Astronomers Can’t Agree What’s Going on in This Strange Galaxy Without Dark Matter
discovermagazine.com - Jake Parks
Some 60 million light-years from Earth, not too far from our local galactic neighborhood, a strange little galaxy is causing a cosmic stir. This …
Sep 6, 2019
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Explosions May Have Formed Lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan
discovermagazine.com - Erica Naone
Saturn’s moon Titan is a distant and frigid world, but it also carries intriguing similarities to Earth’s own terrain. Liquid lakes and seas dot its …
Sep 10, 2019
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Astronomers Find Water Vapor in Atmosphere of a Habitable-Zone Exoplanet for the First Time
discovermagazine.com - Jake Parks
Astronomers have finally uncovered water vapor in the atmosphere of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of its star. The find …
Sep 11, 2019
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Giant Bubbles Spotted Rushing Out from Milky Way’s Center
discovermagazine.com - Mara Johnson-Groh
The Milky Way is blowing bubbles. Two giant radio bubbles, extending out from the galaxy for over 1,400 light years, were just discovered in X-ray …
Sep 11, 2019
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Astronomers May Have Just Discovered an Interstellar Comet Visiting Our Solar System
discovermagazine.com - Mara Johnson-Groh
A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited. Formally named C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), the object appears to have come from outside our solar system. …
Sep 12, 2019