Hidden rules found in Einstein’s spacetime that shape cosmic evolution
Spacetime isn’t supposed to be predictable, but scientists may have just found the rules it cannot break. In…
Scientists Complete Largest 3D Map of the Universe to Probe Dark Energy
A thin slice of the map produced by the DESI five-year survey shows galaxies and quasars above and…
Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Adding Serious Fuel to the Cosmology Crisis
Last week, the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI) concluded its first official survey. Over the past five years,…
Mississippi State physicist creates neutron star reaction in the lab
For years, physicists have wondered whether one unstable form of copper might act like a traffic jam inside…
Over 150 mergers reveal three different black hole origin stories
For years, astronomers treated merging black holes as if they all came from the same cosmic assembly line.…
Not Even the Largest Cosmic Objects Can Escape Newton and Einstein, Study Finds
Gravity is so weird that it essentially forces cosmologists into subscribing to one of two equally radical conclusions:…
Gravity holds across cosmos, proving Newton and Einstein right
Scientists have tested gravity across some of the largest structures in the universe and found that it behaves…
‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped…
This supermassive black hole is located in an unusual part of its galaxy
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a spiral galaxy. With the help of the James Webb Space…
NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars
Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and…