Cosmology
Webb Observations Shed New Light on Cosmic Reionization
The "Epoch of Reionization" was a critical period for cosmic evolution and has always fascinated and mystified astronomers. During this…
The Milky Way Might be Part of an Even Larger Structure than Laniakea
If you want to pinpoint your place in the Universe, start with your cosmic address. You live on Earth->Solar System->Milky…
Gravitational Lens Confirms the Hubble Tension
Astronomers want new ways to measure distance in the Universe, working to calculate its rate of expansion. A new image…
A New Catalog Charts the Evolution of the Universe Over Time
An atlas doesn’t seem to be an essential item in cars these days but think about them and most people…
Slime Mold Can Teach Us About the Cosmic Web
Computers truly are wonderful things and powerful but only if they are programmed by a skilful mind. Check this out...…
Early Dark Energy Could Resolve Two of the Biggest Mysteries in Cosmology
Of all the mysteries facing astronomers and cosmologists today, the "Hubble Tension" remains persistent! This term refers to the apparent…
Largest Dark Matter Detector is Narrowing Down Dark Matter Candidate
In 2012, two previous dark matter detection experiments—the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) and ZonEd Proportional scintillation in Liquid Noble gases…
Estimating the Basic Settings of the Universe
The Standard Model describes how the Universe has evolved at large scale. There are six numbers that define the model…
What Makes a Supercluster?
By eye, it's impossible to pick out the exact boundaries of the superclusters, which are among the largest structures in…
Galaxies in Dense Environments Get Larger
Galaxies are some of the largest clearly defined structures in space. There are trillions of them, and many are clustered…