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“Early Dark Energy” Could Explain the Crisis in Cosmology
A new study considers how the presence of Early Dark Energy could help resolve one of the biggest cosmological mysteries…
Scroll Through the Universe with This Cool Interactive Map
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) continues to pad its space community résumé with their interactive map, “The map of the observable…
Astronomers Measure the Signal of Dark Matter From 12 Billion Years ago
The most distant measure of dark matter suggests the universe might have behaved differently in the past.
Finally, an Explanation for the Cold Spot in the Cosmic Microwave Background
A new study by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has confirmed the existence of a Supervoid, which could explain how…
Astronomers saw the Same Supernova Three Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing. And in Twenty Years They Think They’ll see it one More Time
It is hard for humans to wrap their heads around the fact that there are galaxies so far away that…
Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is Getting an Upgraded new Infrared Filter
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope just received a new infrared filter that will allow it to explore even more of…
Polarized light from the cosmic background hints at new physics
Distant light from the big bang is twisted as it travels to us. This could mean dark matter is more…
The Universe is the Same, Everywhere We Look. Even More than Cosmologists Predicted
The Universe is about 10% smoother than we expect, and astronomers aren't entirely sure why.
How Loop Quantum Gravity Could Match Anomalies in the CMB with Large Structures in the Modern Universe
A strange celestial tension could be caused by a cosmic tango between events at very small and very large scales.
How Do You Weigh The Universe?
If we can find the weight of everything in the universe, we can better understand how the universe came to…