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Another Strike Against Primordial Black Holes as an Explanation for Dark Matter
The quest to understand dark matter has taken many twists and turns. It's a scientific tale but also a human…
Roman Space Telescope Will Be Hunting For Primordial Black Holes
When astrophysicists observe the cosmos, they see different types of black holes. They range from gargantuan supermassive black holes with…
Astronomers Only Knew of a Single Binary Cepheid System. Now They Just Found Nine More
Measuring the distance to far away objects in space can be tricky. We don't even know the precise distance to…
A new 3D map of the Milky Way Uses close to 66,000 Stars and Reveals New Details About the Shape of our Galaxy
A new study by a team of Polish astronomers has revealed details about the shape of the Milky Way's center…
Astronomers Find a Blinking Star Near the Center of the Milky Way
In this week’s edition of new unexplained astronomical phenomena, a team of astronomers led by Dr. Leigh Smith from Cambridge…
A Rogue Earth-Mass Planet Has Been Discovered Freely Floating in the Milky Way Without a Star
If a solar system is a family, then some planets leave home early. Whether they want to or not. Once…
A Star Going Supernova In Slow Motion Discovered
In the course of observing an explosion in a distant galaxy, a team of researchers noticed something unprecedented - a…