The biggest black hole breakthroughs of 2025
2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months....
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2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months....
Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025....
Nature, Published online: 24 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03756-4 The team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months....
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown....
All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom....
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas....
Beneath the Mediterranean, physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for cosmic whispers—and this year, it heard the most energeti...
Article URL: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/innovations/efficient-method-capture-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-developed-university-helsinki Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46444076 Po...
Altcoins lagged Bitcoin in 2025, but XRP, Zcash and Algorand outperformed on regulatory clarity, privacy demand and tokenization....
Jared Isaacman said the US will return to the moon under Trump's presidency. NASA/Bill Ingalls Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman is the 15th administrator of NASA. Isaacman has led and flown on two Space...
Article URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/farallones/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46427181 Points: 6 # Comments: 1...
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to even...
Constellations, planets, a waxing moon and more grace the night sky this New Year's Eve....
Article URL: https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/09/glp-1-history-pfizer-john-baxter-jeffrey-flier-calbio-metabio/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46405480 Points: 9 # Comments: 3...
The northern and southern lights have been treating sky watchers to spectacular shows. But what causes the colors, and why shouldn't you whistle at the aurora?...
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/inside-the-proton-the-most-complicated-thing-imaginable-20221019/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398666 Points: 7 # Comments: 0...
Article URL: https://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/who-invented-the-transistor.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443486 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away....
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Five years ago, Tim Cannon, a cancer doctor in Virginia, saw that his colon cancer patients were getting younger and their cancer was more aggressive. He had just diagnosed t...
Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rippling's product chief Matt MacInnis says he deli...