Cosmically Curious

Learn the best viewing times, why a new moon makes this year special, and why you only need a lawn chair to watch.

In late 1572, long before the invention of the telescope, sky-watchers looking up at the night sky saw something impossible: a blazing new star where nothing had existed before.

Dark matter makes up 85% of all matter in the universe, but is only detected by the effect it has on visible matter.

In a recent conversation, Patrick McNamee King sat down with Nicole Gallucci from Saint Anselm College to explore why these collapsed stellar remnants are far more than just deep-space anomalies—they are actually some of the most powerful scientific instruments available to us.

A pulsar is the collapsed, zombie-like core of a massive star that died in a supernova explosion.

Today, we're answering a question from listener Tim Smith, who asks a deceptively simple question: Why does anything exist?

How do you capture a full-color image when your recording medium can only see in black and white?

How many satellites can we actually fit around the Earth before it becomes a problem?

We talk a lot about stars, but how they are formed is a process that is not completely understood.

A look at how modern physicists tackle the ultimate origin story.