Gravity holds across cosmos, proving Newton and Einstein right
Scientists have tested gravity across some of the largest structures in the universe and found that it behaves…
Astronomers discover three distinct groups of merging black holes
Black hole collisions do not appear to come from one simple cosmic recipe. After studying more than 150…
Scientists Figured Out How Fast the Universe Is Expanding, But the Answer Is Troubling
You probably heard that the universe is constantly expanding. There’s a bit of an update to that: it’s…
Astronomers Just Dropped the Largest High-Res 3D Map of the Universe
Since March, scientists have been keeping their eyes peeled as the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI) started chipping…
New dark matter model explains three cosmic mysteries across universe
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, suggests that a different type of…
This supermassive black hole is located in an unusual part of its galaxy
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a spiral galaxy. With the help of the James Webb Space…
NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly
Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in…
Astronomers Just Nailed Down the Universe’s Expansion Rate… and Now They Have More Questions
One major, unsolved problem in astronomy involves the Hubble constant, a number representing how quickly the universe expands.…
Our local universe’s expansion rate doesn’t add up, astronomers find
A difference of a few kilometers per second might not sound like much. In cosmology, it has become…
Hubble Spies an Active Spiral
A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with…
Over 150 mergers reveal three different black hole origin stories
For years, astronomers treated merging black holes as if they all came from the same cosmic assembly line.…
Astronomers discover a mysterious duality in dark matter
A dark matter signal that appears in one place but not another might look like a contradiction. This…