Astronomers reveal how passing stars and exploding giants shaped our early solar system
Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not…
At 50 million-light-years long, scientists discover one of the universe’s largest structures
Look up on a dark night and the stars seem scattered at random. Step back in scale, though,…
After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter
For nearly a century, something unseen has tugged at the cosmos. In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky…
Astronomers reveal what happened less than a second after the Big Bang
Cosmologists have traced the Big Bang’s earliest moments with great care, from the explosive inflation that set spacetime…
Astronomers solve cosmic mystery surrounding two massive black holes that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers knew something did not add up when detectors picked up a vast cosmic crash in 2023. The…
New Research Throws the Ultimate Fate of the Universe Into Question
After the Big Bang, our universe began to expand at an exponential rate, an acceleration scientists have long…
New quantum sensors aim to detect hidden forces behind dark matter
For decades, you have heard scientists say that most of the universe is missing. They are not being…
New high-res black hole images challenge Einstein’s theory of relativity
A black hole can feel like the most distant and unreal object you could ever think about, yet…
This black hole released energy equivalent to 10,000 billion suns
Black holes are certainly one of the most powerful structures in the universe. And if you still had…
Dark matter obeys the same cosmic rules as ordinary matter, study finds
Most people rarely experience the effects of dark matter in ordinary life. However, we live in an environment…
Scientists Develop “Effort.jl” Emulator That Can Simulate the Entire Universe—on Just a Laptop
For most of human history, mapping the universe meant staring up at the night sky. Today, it means…
Comparing the motion of dark matter and standard model particles on cosmological scales
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