Radio signals reveal secrets of hidden supermassive black holes
Astronomers have found a striking link between the amount of dust surrounding a supermassive black hole and the strength of the radio emission produced in extremely bright galaxies.
Astronomers have found a striking link between the amount of dust surrounding a supermassive black hole and the strength of the radio emission produced in extremely bright galaxies.
Astronomy
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As the universe evolves, scientists expect large cosmic structures to grow at a certain rate: dense regions such as galaxy clusters would grow denser, while the void of space would grow emptier.
General Physics
Sep 11, 2023
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Researchers have found a new way to measure dark energy—the mysterious force that makes up more than two-thirds of the universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion—in our own cosmic backyard.
Astronomy
Aug 14, 2023
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Astronomers have discovered the most distant "relaxed" galaxy cluster to date—the farthest cluster ever spotted that is not being disrupted by violent collisions with other clusters of galaxies. This finding is paving the ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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Lado Samushia, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University, is part of a collaboration studying the mysterious force behind the universe's accelerating expansion, referred to ...
Astronomy
Jul 7, 2023
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Europe's Euclid space telescope blasted off Saturday, kicking off a first-ever mission to shed light on two of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.
Astronomy
Jul 1, 2023
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Our ideas about the universe are based on a century-old simplification known as the cosmological principle. It suggests that when averaged on large scales, the Cosmos is homogeneous and matter is distributed evenly throughout.
Astronomy
Jun 29, 2023
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Europe's Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2023
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The European Space Agency said on Wednesday its space telescope Euclid is scheduled to launch on July 1, blasting off on a mission to shed light on the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
Astronomy
Jun 21, 2023
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The universe is big, and it's getting bigger. To study dark energy, the mysterious force behind the accelerating expansion of our universe, scientists are using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) to map more ...
Astronomy
Jun 13, 2023
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