NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even ...
Scientists Discover Hidden Clues to the Dark Universe in 3D Galaxy Maps
Scientists use 3D galaxy maps to uncover hidden details about dark matter and the universe’s large-scale structure.
NASA SPHEREx Telescope to Map the Universe and Search for Life’s Ingredients
According to NASA's SPHEREx mission details, the observatory will survey the entire sky using near-infrared light. Its goals include exploring how galaxies evolved, understanding the structure of the ...
30 Maps To Expand Your Knowledge Of The World With Random Facts (New Pics)
Depending on how old you are, you might remember having to pull out a paper map to find your way around a place. Back then, ...
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How we might finally find black holes from the cosmic dawn
After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.
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George R.R. Martin co-writes peer-reviewed physics paper about his Wild Cards series
George R.R. Martin is best known as the author of the Song of Ice and Fire series, adapted by HBO as the TV show Game of ...
A cosmic 'CT scan' shows the universe is far more complex than expected
A "cosmic CT scan" performed by scientists using two very different cosmic surveys has revealed the cosmos is less clumpy and ...
Step Into the Future: NASA’s Synthetic Universe Brings Roman’s Vision to Life
Scientists have created over a million simulated cosmic images using the power of supercomputers to anticipate the capabilities of NASA’s upcoming Roman Space Telescope. These synthetic images allow ...
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Cosmologists Try a New Way to Measure the Shape of the Universe
Is the universe flat and infinite, or something more complex? We can’t say for sure, but a new search strategy is mapping out ...
Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
"Little red dot" galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early cosmos appear to be ruled by supermassive ...
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Astronomers Uncover Enormous Galaxy 32 Times Larger Than the Milky Way—And It’s Breaking All the Rules
A South African telescope has identified a colossal galaxy stretching 3.3 million light-years, over 32 times the size of the ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...