The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10-meter-diameter telescope in the Antarctic that has been…
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.
A dark cloud of cosmic dust snakes across this spectacular wide field image, illuminated by…
This project, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is collaborating, has made…
An international team of astronomers led by Giuseppina Battaglia, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica…
An International team with participation by researchers with close links to the Instituto de Astrofísica…
The nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a chemically primitive…
The existence of large numbers of molecules in winds powered by supermassive black holes at…
A team of scientists, led by Boy Lankhaar at Chalmers University of Technology, has solved…
There are currently over 3500 confirmed exoplanets known thanks to the remarkable sensitivity of the…
A new national facility at ESO’s La Silla Observatory has successfully made its first observations.…
Just how quickly is the dark matter near Earth zipping around? The speed of dark…
The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger detected last August has continued to brighten -…
An international team of astronomers has produced the first detailed images of the surface of…
New research shows the first evidence of strong winds around black holes throughout bright outburst…
New model connects the origins of very high-energy neutrinos, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, and high-energy gamma…
If you live in the western part of North America, Alaska, and the Hawaiian islands,…
Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our…
Dust is everywhere — not just in your attic or under your bed, but also…