‘In the News’ Archives

A huge invisible mass could be the reason the Milky Way’s disk is warped and … “The Milky Way Is Warped, And a Giant Blob of Dark Matter Could Be Why”

A new measurement of the Universe has confirmed dark energy makes up close to 69 percent of … “New Calculations Show Most of The Universe Is Made of Dark Energy”

The James Webb Space Telescope has measured the expansion rate of the Universe, and the … “JWST Just Measured The Expansion Rate of The Universe. Astronomers Are Stumped”

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes, from giant, slowly rotating ovals and fast-whirling spiral … “Rare polar ring galaxy is ‘one of the most spectacular’ astronomers have ever seen”

Did the James Webb Space Telescope spot signs of life on a distant planet? On September 11, … “Did Webb find signs of life on exoplanet K2-18 b?”

Finding new ways to control light and magnetism will enable new technologies that we never … “Scientists Trapped Light Inside a Metamaterial and Made It 10x More Magnetic”

This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the interacting galaxy pair known as Arp-Madore … “Hubble Captures a Galactic Dance”

Imagine you could go back in time 4.6 billion years and take a picture of … “James Webb telescope: Baby star launches giant jets and shocks | BBC”

Billions of light years away, there is a giant ball of hot gas that is … “Astronomers Have Discovered A Mysterious Object, Which Is 570 Billion Times Brighter Than The Sun”

Japanese researchers said this month (September 7, 2023) that a possible Earthlike planet – with a mass some 1.5 … “A new Earthlike planet in the distant Kuiper Belt?”