Gas Giant Exoplanets Formed Shockingly Fast—And Scientists Are Scrambling to Keep Up
The universe doesn’t wait for anyone—not even astronomers with carefully crafted theories. Turns out, massive gas giant exoplanets like Jupiter aren’t taking their sweet time to form. New research from Ohio State University suggests they’re assembling in nearly half...
The Bionic Hand That Feels: How Engineers Built a Prosthetic That ‘Knows’ What It’s Touching
Johns Hopkins engineers have finally built a robotic hand that doesn’t grip like a vice or flop like a dead fish. This one actually knows what it’s holding—plush toys, water bottles, sponges—and adjusts its grip accordingly. It’s the closest thing yet to a cybernetic...
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Won’t Stop Flickering—And No One Knows Why
The monstrous black hole at the core of the Milky Way is having an existential crisis. Instead of sitting quietly like a well-behaved abyss, it flickers, flares, and bubbles with bursts of energy—seemingly at random. Scientists aimed the James Webb Space Telescope...