Jordan Collver

Recent articles by Jordan Collver

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The dark side of solar power in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

By combining data from Chandra and several other telescopes, astronomers have identified the true nature of an unusual source in the Milky Way galaxy. (© X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Alberta/B.Tetarenko et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/AUI/NRAO/Curtin Univ./J. Miller-Jones)

Milky Way could be filled with ‘stealth’ black holes

A tree-dwelling mouse, a forest in Luzon (© Larry Heaney, The Field Museum) and cloud rats (© Velizar Simeonovski, The Field Museum)

Cloud rats of sky island: the Philippine island with the highest number of unique mammals

Invisibility is possible but probably not for people © Getty Images

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Invisibility is possible but probably not for people

In the words of Dave Bowman from 2001: A Space Odyssey: “My god, it’s full of stars…” © Omar Almaini, University of Nottingham.

Stunning new image of deep space offers glimpse into the Universe’s past

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Learn languages quickly? Your brain might work differently than the rest of us

Spore plant Densoisporites playfordii of the Lower Triassic (© UZH)

New mass extinction event rewriting our Triassic past

The sky is falling: should you be worried about asteroids and comets? © Getty Images

The sky is falling: should you be worried about asteroids and comets?