Researchers discovered only relatively recently that black hole jets emit X-rays, and how the jets accelerate particles to this high-energy state is still a mystery. Surprising new findings in Nature Astronomy appear to rule ...
Astronomy
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For generations, physicists were sure the laws of physics were perfectly symmetric. Until they weren't.
General Physics
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The first results from the James Webb Space Telescope have hinted at galaxies so early and so massive that they are in tension with our understanding of the formation of structure in the universe. Various explanations have ...
Astronomy
May 17, 2023
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An international team of space scientists has found evidence suggesting that planets could have formed during the so-called "cosmic noon." In their study, reported in the journal Nature Astronomy, the group used data from ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appears to be finding multiple galaxies that grew too massive too soon after the Big Bang, if the standard model of cosmology is to be believed.
Astronomy
Apr 13, 2023
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Astronomers have made a rare discovery in the early universe involving two actively feeding supermassive black holes—or quasars—just 10,000 light-years apart from each other, that are on the verge of a colossal collision.
Astronomy
Apr 5, 2023
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For a long time it has been suspected that fullerene and its derivatives could form naturally in the universe. These are large carbon molecules shaped like a football, salad bowl or nanotube. An international team of researchers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 27, 2023
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Ultra-massive black holes are the most massive objects in the universe. Their mass can reach millions and billions of solar masses. Supercomputer simulations on Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)'s Frontera supercomputer ...
Astronomy
Mar 1, 2023
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Six massive galaxies discovered in the early universe are upending what scientists previously understood about the origins of galaxies in the universe.
Astronomy
Feb 22, 2023
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Sometimes to know what the matter is, you have to find it first.
General Physics
Jan 31, 2023
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