Cosmology

Dark Matter Might Interact in a Totally Unexpected Way With the Universe

A new theory of Dark Matter suggests that it interact with normal matter in a non-localized way, potentially revolutionizing our…

1 year ago

Two New Space Telescopes Will Bring Dark Energy Into Focus

The ESA's Euclid and NASA's Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will work together to resolve the mystery of cosmic expansion!

1 year ago

Why Didn’t the Big Bang Collapse in a Giant Black Hole?

Despite the enormous densities, the early universe didn't collapse into a black hole because, simply put, there was nothing to…

1 year ago

Has JWST Finally Found the First Stars in the Universe?

New observations from JWST hint at pockets of new gas in the halo of more evolved galaxies, where these first-generation…

1 year ago

It Might Take Space Telescopes to Finally Resolve the Crisis in Cosmology

Gravitational wave (GW) observatories have been a great addition to cosmologists' arsenal in the lack decade. With their first effective…

1 year ago

A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Voids

At first the sum total of large, orderly structure in the Universe appeared to arrive in two categories. There were…

2 years ago

Astronomers Have a New Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe

A new method of measuring cosmic expansion uses multiple observations of a supernova in a lensed galaxy.

2 years ago

JWST Fails to Disprove the Big Bang

The James Webb Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to see deeper into cosmic history than ever before, but it doesn't…

2 years ago

The First Light in the Universe Helps Build a Dark Matter Map

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration used years of cosmic microwave background data to create a new map of Dark…

2 years ago

Prelude to a Supernova: The James Webb Captures a Rare Wolf-Rayet Star

Massive stars are sprinters. It might seem counterintuitive that stars 100 or 200 times more massive than our Sun could…

2 years ago