On a summer day in 1944, residents of London heard a strange buzzing sound overhead—like an outboard motor in the sky — followed by silence. Seconds later, a blast ripped through a block of houses. The age of the modern missile had begun. That sound came from the V-1 flying bomb, a German cruise missile. […]
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The stars in the sky seem to shine forever, but they too are subject to lifespans determined by their mass and internal physics. Some last for billions of years and others are transitory in comparison, with far shorter lifetimes. Regardless of duration, all stars survive by maintaining a balance between two competing forces: the inward […]
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This new weekly column seeks to bring science into view — its ideas, discoveries, and debates — every Tuesday. We’ll journey through the cosmos, across the quantum world, and alongside the tools that shape our understanding of reality. K2-18b, orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation Leo, is located about 120 light-years away. It […]
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