Some physicists think our reality is a kind of cosmic hologram, with space, time, and gravity as manifestations of a ...

In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to ...

Astronomers have observed this illusion at play in several other cosmic objects before, including in a near-light-speed jet blasting out of the Messier 87 galaxy in the Virgo constellation.

Cosmic illusion revealed: Gravitational lens magnifies supernova by Tokyo University Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope (CFHT) image of the field before the supernova.

Different as they are, both discoveries rely on the cosmic optical illusion Mandl proposed and Einstein described, but it may the dark-matter map that illustrates the power of that illusion most ...

A distant galaxy, invisible for billions of years, has reappeared in a surprising form thanks to a rare cosmic illusion captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.As reported by Mashable and confirmed ...

IN 1936, Einstein predicted a cosmic optical illusion — but he thought we'd never be able to see it. Since, astronomers have bore witness to several of these rare tricks.

We're now coming into the home stretch of the last good apparition of Mars until 2016. Now blazing in the late-evening east-northeast sky like an eye-catching yellowish-orange "star," Mars is less ...

The cosmic wisdom shining from the alignment of Mercury and Jupiter settles on matters of social influence. People are savvier than ever these days to illusions and delusions of identity. Those who ...

Cosmic illusion revealed: Gravitational lens magnifies supernova. A team of researchers has announced the discovery of a galaxy that magnified a background type Ia supernova thirtyfold through ...