‘SPECIAL REPORTS’ Archives

“The span of man’s life is neither long nor short, but sufficient for its purpose. … The Span of Man’s Life

A massive galaxy in the early universe seems to be growing itself toward ruin. While … “Galaxy-killing wind may explain why giant galaxies died so early”

Primordial black holes are a theoretical class of objects that would have been formed in … “Exploding Primordial Black Holes Might Have Reshaped the Early Universe – And Created All Matter As We Know It”

Dark matter makes up most of the mass in the Universe, but it’s not evenly … “Astronomers Find a Third Galaxy Missing Its Dark Matter, Validating a Violent Cosmic Collision Theory”

“Think not, with the weakling, that nothing is more precious, nor, with the hermit, that … Love, Sweet Love

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are dwarf satellite galaxies orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. Visible with the unaided … “Our galactic neighbor is slowly coming apart”

The Great Attractor is a massive gravitational anomaly: an invisible, unimaginably colossal amount of mass in … “The constellation Norma is home to the Great Attractor”

Most planets in our solar system have magnetic fields. Earth’s magnetic field has played a crucial … “Strongest hint yet of exoplanet magnetic fields”

“There is no constant state of life; all is movement and change. Therefore, it is … Life is always Moving and Changing

A faint glow of helium, hanging near one of the earliest known galaxies, may be … “Astronomers find compelling new evidence of the first stars formed after the Big Bang”