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Physicists working at the CERN particle physics lab said they detected a slight but significant difference in how particles ...
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They often twirl around heavier ones, like our Milky Way, as satellite dancers. The dark matter distribution of a Milky Way ...
The only place that's likely to happen is at the very center of our galaxy. And, for a while, there was an excess of ...
Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from exploding stars to feeding black holes. Roman ...
What lies within a toe bean? According to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, mini toe beans composed of gas, dust, and stars. Since kicking off full science operations in July 2022, the James Webb Spa ...
A massive, spacetime-warping cluster of galaxies is the setting of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy ...
The telescope peered into a single “toe bean” of the nebula, uncovering clusters of gas, dust and young stars. The post James Webb Space Telescope marks anniversary with Cat’s Paw Nebula image ...
Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have ...
New research suggests sub-stellar objects called dark dwarfs could glow forever on dark matter energy. Could they reveal secrets about the universe’s hidden mass?
The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...
In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.