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One of the core components of cosmology is the understanding that the universe is expanding evenly in all directions. It was predicted by theory decades ago, and supported by measurements of the cosmic microwave background. But new X-ray observations n… Continue reading Parts of the universe may be expanding faster than others
As the world becomes a busier place and and we send more things into orbit, night skies uncontaminated by light pollution aren’t as common as they once were. The International Dark-Sky Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding … Continue reading Lights out: Island of Niue becomes world’s first “dark sky” nation
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For most of history, astronomers were privy to the goings-on in the universe only in a very narrow slice of the electromagnetic spectrum. We had no idea that a vibrant and …read more
The universe is generally believed to be expanding at an accelerating rate, thanks to a mysterious force dubbed dark energy. But how exactly does this force work? Researchers in the UK have conducted an experiment to test a hypothesis that th… Continue reading Atomic experiment to detect dark energy fails to feel the force
Few things are as mysterious as dark matter, the strange substance that appears to outnumber ordinary matter by a ratio of five to one. Now, a physicist from Johns Hopkins University has outlined a new theory that helps to explain the stuff b… Continue reading Did dark matter arise before the Big Bang?
Our home galaxy is right on the border of a void so vast it’s hard to picture. To get a better idea of its shape and size, a team of astronomers has mapped out the edges of this extragalactic emptiness, and calculated just how much gravitatio… Continue reading Map of nothing: Astronomers size up the vast void next door to the Milky Way
Researchers from Clemson University used almost a decade of gamma ray data to map the entire observable universe for the very first time. Continue reading This is How Many Photons Are in the Entire Observable Universe
(Or, How I Mandela’d Myself Back into a Job) Almost every week for over a decade, I’d tap some words out on a keyboard and push the story out for folks to read. And much to my glee, you did engage, share, comment and seemed to genuinely enj… Continue reading Me:Recently
A team of physicists created a 10,000 megapixel camera called DARKNESS that they hope will shed light on some of Earth’s nearest neighbors. Continue reading Scientists Will Photograph Alien Planets With the World’s Most Powerful Camera
It’s a finding three decades in the making. Continue reading Scientists Have Measured the ‘Color’ of Antimatter for the First Time