2MASS 19281982–2640123 is a sun-like star 1,800 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius the Archer. Until recently, it was the best candidate found so far that might explain the origin of the Wow! signal. — This article has been updated with the latest information. The Wow! Signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected by the Ohio State University’s Big Ear Radio Telescope in the United States on August 15, 1977. What was this?

One of the greatest inconsistencies in modern science and its biggest driver, dark energy. — In thinking of Einstein’s mistakes, one immediately recalls what Einstein (in a conversation with George Gamow) called the greatest blunder he had made in his life: the introduction of the cosmological constant. This problem, which Einstein also saw, is called the “crisis” in cosmology today. General relativity works fine in…

“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr. — When you think about this quote by Jackson Brown, you realize that it actually has a deep meaning. Just put your whole being aside and think about it. Do you really act as usual when you’re alone? The answer to this question is actually the answer to all the sociological…

A recent study is exciting for the modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) theory, an alternative to the dark matter hypothesis. — For the first time, dark matter, modified gravity, and modified inertia are simultaneously tested and distinguished by considering the inner and outer parts of galactic rotation curves, together and separately. — Kyu-Hyun Chae Most of the visible matter in a galaxy is concentrated at the center, and galaxy clusters are…

“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.”― Werner Heisenberg — As Heisenberg said, the universe we look at is the universe we see, and quantum mechanics actually made us realize how wrong we were in our view of this universe: a whole new universe of understanding, possibilities, and uncertainties. In 1926, Werner Heisenberg begins to develop a theory based on…

Recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope hint that dark matter may actually consist of what physicists call dark photons. — The cosmos is a flat universe made up of trillions of large and dwarf galaxies. It is so big that there are huge spaces that galaxies will never be able to fill. But these vast intergalactic spaces are interconnected by a cosmic web of filament. As the universe cooled after…

A new paper describes the magnetic bubble around the solar system as curved, undulating in size, and with an undulating surface. — Isn’t it very interesting? While our planet, which wants to be protected from the bath of solar winds, creates its own protective magnetic shield, the sun actually protects our solar system from the cosmic rays of interstellar space with its own shield created by its winds.

Johns Hopkins University astronomers have created a new map of the universe. — This map shows the true location and colors of 200,000 galaxies. Recent research reveals that there are trillions of galaxies in the universe, including large and dwarf galaxies. Every point on the map is a galaxy. The Milky Way is simply one of these dots at the bottom of the…

Recent research on magnetism may help explain its strangeness and its effects on the earth, galaxy and universe. — In order to understand the phenomena in a certain plasma region, it is necessary to map not only the magnetic but also the electric field and the electric currents. Space is filled with a network of currents which transfer energy and momentum over large or very large distances. The currents…