Watch the universe emerge from the dark ages, with Lumina | MIT News
Over the 2 billion years that Lumina simulates, it captures the emergence of two huge transformations in cosmic…
MEGATRON simulations connect the first stars with the universe’s smallest galaxies
MEGATRON simulations offer a possible explanation for the similar iron content of many of the smallest galaxies.Radiation delayed…
Can a black hole split into two in accordance with Einstein’s general relativity?
A theoretical study examines which laws prevent black holes from splitting and where altered assumptions might permit fragmentation.Rapid…
Scientists find evidence of a solar storm near a supermassive black hole
An X-ray flare near NGC 3783’s supermassive black hole showed a timing pattern familiar from solar eruptions.XRISM and…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope prepares to unleash a flood of new cosmic discoveries
Roman is designed to return about 1.4 terabytes of data daily, with observations becoming publicly available after processing.A…
New large-sized telescope array in Spain ushers in a new era in exploring the extreme universe
Four 23-meter telescopes on La Palma mark the completion of construction for CTAO-North’s Large-Sized Telescope sub-array.Their large mirrors…
Five-dimensional black holes offer a possible explanation for dark matter and neutrinos
A theoretical study predicts five-dimensional primordial black holes within a model containing a hidden extra spatial dimension.Some modeled…
Scientists calculate how much information exists in the observable universe
A theoretical calculation estimates roughly 6 × 10⁸⁰ bits of information in selected ordinary-matter particles across the observable…
Cosmic gamma rays test the limits of Einstein’s speed of light rule
A reanalysis of cosmic gamma-ray measurements found no evidence of the tested departures from Lorentz invariance.The researchers tightened…
Comprehensive planetary search detected an unexplained radio signal from K2-155, 238 light-years away
A new analysis of FAST observations from 33 planetary systems identified an unexplained narrowband signal toward K2-155.Polarization differences…
Meet Liam Desre, the 14-year-old Canadian who proposed a thermodynamic alternative to dark energy; his cosmology project won a €5,000 second prize against 144 young researchers from 37 countries at EUCYS 2026
Liam DesrePhoto credit: youthscience.ca In the grand quest to understand why the universe is expanding faster and faster,…
Asteroid Bennu may have formed much closer to the Sun than scientists thought
Isotope measurements from asteroid Bennu closely match those of asteroid Ryugu and rare CI carbonaceous chondrites, suggesting all…