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Alaska’s rusting rivers, einstein tiles and the new science of asexuality
Alaska’s rusting rivers, einstein tiles and the new science of asexuality
Huge empty areas of the universe called voids could help solve the greatest mysteries in the cosmos
A quarter of a century after detecting dark energy, scientists are still trying to figure out what it is
Several unexplained measurements are threatening to upend scientists’ understanding of the universe’s origin and fate
The darkness of the night sky offers a profound insight on the nature of the cosmos
A surprisingly complex galaxy cluster suggests that in the search for dark matter, nothing is as simple as it seems
This enormous structure could help explain processes close to the dawn of time—or it could be a random cosmic fluke
Physicist John Cardy and his colleague just won the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. We spoke with Cardy about conformal field theory, 2D black holes and coffee filters
Scientists debate what the future of the cosmos looks like and whether space will ever stop getting bigger and bigger
Voracious black holes feeding on matter in the early universe display the curious spacetime phenomenon known as time dilation
New research pokes holes in the idea that the cosmos expanded and then contracted before beginning again
A new way to gauge the universe’s expansion rate has delivered a confusing result that may conflict with previous related measurements
Growing swarms of spacecraft in orbit are outshining the stars, and scientists fear no one will do anything to stop it
Scientists have new evidence about how cosmic cataclysms forge gold, platinum and other heavy members of the periodic table
Researchers are convinced the James Webb Space Telescope has glimpsed an unexpected population of galaxies in the early universe. Now they’re trying to decide what this means for our understanding of the cosmos...
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of the distant universe shocked astronomers. Is the discovery of unimaginably distant galaxies a mirage or a revolution?
Decades of work, $10 billion in spending and nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history have brought us to this moment: the first science from the largest and most powerful observatory ever built...
THESAN—the largest, most detailed computer model of the universe’s first billion years yet made—is helping set expectations for observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope...
Data from the CHIME radio observatory are a milestone in the quest to discover the hidden origins of universal structure
A research team finds seven tiny dwarf galaxies stripped of their dark matter that nonetheless persisted despite the theft.
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