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General Physics Jun 4, 2024

New model suggests partner anti-universe could explain accelerated expansion without the need for dark energy

The accelerated expansion of the present universe, believed to be driven by a mysterious dark energy, is one of the greatest puzzles in our understanding of the cosmos. The standard model of cosmology called Lambda-CDM, explains ...

Space Exploration Jun 2, 2024

Japan billionaire Maezawa cancels moon trip due to uncertainty over SpaceX rocket development

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Saturday canceled his planned flight around the moon on a SpaceX vehicle because of uncertainty about when it may be possible.

Astronomy Jun 1, 2024

The universe's biggest explosions made elements we are composed of, but there's another mystery source out there

After its "birth" in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the ...

Astronomy Jun 1, 2024

Webb telescope finds most distant galaxy ever observed, again

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be a new record-holder for the most distant known galaxy, a remarkably bright star system that existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, NASA said Thursday.

Astronomy May 31, 2024

News from 'El Gordo': Study suggests dark matter may have collisional properties after all

Contrary to what is established by the standard model, dark matter may indeed be self-interacting. This was the conclusion of a piece of research published in Astronomy & Astrophysics and conducted by Riccardo Valdarnini ...

Astronomy May 30, 2024

Astronomers find most distant galaxy using James Webb Space Telescope

An international team of astronomers today announced the discovery of the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang. These results, using NASA's James Webb ...

General Physics May 29, 2024

Theory of everything: How a fear of failure is hampering physicists' quest for the ultimate answer

It has been over a century since the boom period of physics exploded with Albert Einstein, Max Planck and others, sending us spinning into a new world of chaos from our previously ordered universe. This brilliant generation ...

Astronomy May 29, 2024

New model aims to explain the lack of miniature black holes in the early universe

Researchers at the Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU) and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI) at the University of Tokyo have applied the well-understood and highly ...

Astronomy May 23, 2024

Birth of universe's earliest galaxies observed for first time

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, University of Copenhagen researchers have become the first to see the formation of three of the earliest galaxies in the universe, more than 13 billion years ago. The sensational discovery ...

Astronomy May 23, 2024

Scientists reveal first data from Euclid telescope, offering snapshot of cosmic history

Scientists have released the first set of scientific data captured with the Euclid telescope, showing an exciting glimpse of the universe's distant past.

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