In 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach ...

"Looks like the magnetic closing strip on a soft-sided Yeti cooler." "These are recalled, by the way, for this exact issue. I had mine replaced through Yeti a couple of months ago. I was able to ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

3I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object racing toward the Sun, is baffling scientists with its speed and origin. Some researchers suggest it could even be alien-made, drawing comparisons to probes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. The galleries in the new virtual museum are organized by region: ...

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable objects—suggesting that dark matter had a hand in its formation. According to Einstein’s ...

More than 250 looted objects are on display in UNESCO's Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. UNESCO To raise awareness of the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage artifacts, from ...

Objects such as 'Oumuamua, Borisov and recently 3I/ATLAS have opened our eyes to the reality that outsiders regularly visit our solar system — and we're about to start spotting a whole lot more of ...

A Harvard physicist who sounded the alarm earlier this month about a rare interstellar object passing through our solar system — suggesting it might be more than a comet — now says it could even be a ...

Many people in the Philly region reported seeing a strange object in the night sky on Tuesday. The object appeared to be a boomerang shape with a glow in the middle. "People lucky enough to be outside ...