universes
James Webb telescope solves 20-year-old Hubble conundrum — and it could finally explain why the universe’s oldest planets exist
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just solved a 20-year-old mystery about how ancient stars could host massive planets.…
Read More »Latest James Webb data hints at new physics in Universe’s expansion
Earlier this year, JWST researchers reported on measurements built on last year’s confirmation based on Webb data that Hubble’s measurements…
Read More »Ancient cosmic collisions may have birthed the universe’s most monstrous galaxies
Astronomers have discovered that large flows of cold gas created by collisions between galaxies in the early universe may have…
Read More »Black holes from the universe’s infancy could reveal invisible matter
Dark matter could produce faint flashes of light when interacting with tiny black holes, new theoretical research suggests. These flashes…
Read More »Massive radio survey reveals our universe’s structure at the largest scales
When we look out into the universe with our unaided eyes, we are really only seeing a small chunk of…
Read More »The World’s First Nuclear Clock Could Unlock the Universe’s Dark Secrets
To measure time, you need a constant rhythm. For eons, the regular movements of the sun and moon have set…
Read More »The biggest galaxies live in our universe’s supercluster ‘cities’
If we took a scenic drive through every era of astronomy, we’d start somewhere among ancient humans wondering why there…
Read More »Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe’s origins
Scientists have spotted the heaviest antimatter nucleus ever detected lurking in a particle accelerator. The antimatter heavyweight, called antihyperhydrogen-4, is…
Read More »Dark Matter Hunters May Never Find the Universe’s Missing Mass
Most of the matter in our universe is invisible. We can measure the gravitational pull of this “dark matter” on…
Read More »Slime Mold Helps to Map the Universe’s Tendrils of Dark Matter
Slime Mold Helps to Map the Universe’s Tendrils of Dark Matter A single-celled organism’s pathfinding reveals connections in the universe’s…
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