Researchers using the radio telescope ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) observed signals of oxygen, carbon,…
Browsing: Cosmology
Cosmology is the scientific study of the origin, structure, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe. It explores the largest scales of space and time, seeking to understand phenomena such as the Big Bang, cosmic inflation, dark matter, and dark energy. By combining observations from telescopes, satellites, and large-scale surveys with theoretical physics, cosmologists aim to unravel how the universe began, how it has changed over billions of years, and what its ultimate destiny might be. As new data from missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and surveys like DESI emerge, cosmology continues to shed light on some of the most profound questions in science.
Cyanide and carbon monoxide are both deadly poisons to humans, but compounds containing iron, cyanide,…
The Kepler mission and its extension, called K2, discovered thousands of exoplanets. It detected them…
A group of astronomers led by Crystal Martin and Stephanie Ho of the University of…
The Sun is why we’re here. It’s also why Martians or Venusians are not. When…
Astronomers have discovered a new class of “cold quasars” that could change our perception of…
The formation and growth of galaxies in the early universe is a key research topic…
Through decades of study, astronomers have developed a clearer picture of the chaotic and crowded…
In this image, numerous sweeping arcs seem to congregate at various bright regions. You may…
Did ancient supernovae induce proto-humans to walk on two legs, eventually resulting in homo sapiens…
What happens when two supermassive black holes collide? Combining the observing power of two future…
Scientists from Ireland and France today announced a major new finding about how matter behaves…
Where did the Earth’s water come from? Although comets, with their icy nuclei, seem like…
A neutron star merger without an observed gamma-ray burst has been discovered using NASA’s Chandra…
Small, hardy planets packed with dense elements have the best chance of avoiding being crushed…
Massive clusters of galaxies, some with more mass than a hundred Milky Way galaxies, have…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe’s earliest galaxies were brighter…
Blue supergiants are rock ‘n’ roll: they live fast and die young. This makes them…