570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera Unravels Mysteries of the Dark Universe
The Bullet Cluster is made up of two galaxy clusters that are colliding, one moving through the other,…
New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…
Oregon among the top 5 ‘shooting star hotspots’ in America
We already know that Oregon has some of the darkest skies in the country, so perhaps it’s no…
‘Wicked: For Good’ snubbed for Oscar nominations
“Wicked: For Good” and its leading ladies may be coming to the end of the (yellow brick) road.…
Physicists Challenge Long-Held Assumptions about Nature of Dark Matter
Dark matter may not have been ‘cold’ in the earliest moments after the Big Bang, as long believed;…
Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across…
New Solution to Cosmic Acceleration Challenges Dark Energy Paradigm
Physicists from the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen and the Transylvanian…
Scientists think there’s a hidden universe created by ‘dark big bang’
Scientists have claimed a new dark matter theory could explain the existence of a hidden universe. ‘Dark matter’…
New tunable copper cavity could detect dark matter particles
Italian researchers have reached a significant milestone in the hunt for dark matter, demonstrating a new “tunable” system…
These celestial objects survive the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole about 4 million…