Earth may actually have once been flat – kinda, a long time ago

Flat-Earthers might have been right all along – they were just a few billion years late. Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have found that newly formed planets might take on a flatter shape, before rounding out.Continue Reading… Continue reading Earth may actually have once been flat – kinda, a long time ago

Colossal cosmic structure should be too big to exist, say astronomers

Astronomers have discovered a colossal cosmic structure that’s so big it threatens to undermine our entire understanding of the universe. The Big Ring spans about 3% of the radius of the entire observable universe – and it itself might be part of an ev… Continue reading Colossal cosmic structure should be too big to exist, say astronomers

Stunning high-res photos of the Sun reveal swirling threads of plasma

It mightn’t be safe for us humans to stare directly at the Sun, but thankfully modern science gives us more and more ways to observe this bubbling, explosive mass of energy at the center of the solar system. In what are described as the highest-resolut… Continue reading Stunning high-res photos of the Sun reveal swirling threads of plasma