A million-solar-mass object detected at a cosmological distance using gravitational imaging
Observation The VLBI observation of JVAS B1938+666 used for this work was performed using a global VLBI array…
Dark matter may end our universe in a ‘Big Crunch’
Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven…
Rock Samples From the Far Side of the Moon Reveal a Chilling Mystery
When China’s Chang’e 6 lunar rover returned the first-ever samples from the Moon’s farside, scientists were eager for…
A wormhole from another universe? Scientists revisit the puzzling black hole GW190521
In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors…
Most detailed universe simulation yet: ESA’s Euclid project maps 3.4 billion galaxies
The catalogue describes each galaxy using more than 400 properties, including brightness, shape, velocity, and star formation rate.…
The Hunt for Dark Matter Has a New, Surprising Target
Dark matter’s nature has long eluded scientists, but new theoretical and experimental advances are pointing to an unexpected…
New Physics Model Challenges the Big Bang Story We Thought We Knew
A new study challenges the widely accepted idea that the universe began with a rapid expansion known as…
New Class of Ancient Star System Discovered Hiding in Our Galaxy
A globular cluster (white concentration of stars) naturally emerges in the high-resolution EDGE simulations. These simulations also predict…
Universe’s First Magnetic Fields Were As Weak as Human Brain Waves
Magnetic fields in the infant Universe may have been incredibly faint, billions of times weaker than a fridge…
Astrophysicists Zero In on Source of Strange Gamma-Ray Signals
Artist’s impression of a MSP binary system. Credit: ESA & Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Millisecond pulsar binaries…
Dark Matter “Wind” May Finally Be Detectable With New Superconducting Tech
Using the improved superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD), researchers are searching for very light dark matter. Credit: UZH…
These Strange Stars Could Reveal the True Nature of Dark Matter
A newly proposed type of stellar object, called a dark dwarf, may be hiding in the heart of…