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The gravitational lens system JVAS B1938+666. The black ring and central dot show an infrared image of a distant galaxy distorted by gravitational lensing. The orange emission shows radio waves from the same system. The inset highlights a small "pinch" in the image caused by an additional dense object—about a million times the mass of the sun—shown as a white blob.
A new dark matter model may link three strange objects across the distant universe, the Milky Way, and a nearby galaxy.
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Astronomers confirmed three bodies in TOI-201, a rare exoplanet system changing in real time. An artist rendering of the system.
SpaceStrange hidden forces are shaping a rare three-body exoplanet systemJoseph Shavit
Salama (left) and Akgümüs (right) with the experimental apparatus.
SpaceUndergraduate students built a cavity detector to search for axion dark matterJoshua Shavit
The strong stellar wind from the supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. This causes the jet direction to vary as the black hole and the supergiant star move around their orbit.
Space‘Dancing jets’ from black hole reveal their immense powerJoseph Shavit
Somewhere between clean mathematics and lived experience, time seems to pick a side.
SpaceEinstein claims the past and future are identical – then why do we ageJoseph Shavit
Scientists propose spotting alien life through patterns across many planets, not just single biosignatures.
SpaceResearchers propose a broader new way to detect life beyond EarthJoseph Shavit
Astronomers find three distinct groups of merging black holes hidden in gravitational-wave data.
SpaceAstronomers discover three distinct groups of merging black holesJoshua Shavit
The cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang that fills all of space, passes through massive galaxy clusters whose motion slightly alters the light, allowing scientists to measure how fast the clusters are moving toward one another and test how strongly gravity pulls across the largest distances in the universe.
SpaceScientists reveal the hidden forces shaping how gravity works across the UniverseJoseph Shavit
Astronaut Christina Koch watching Earth from the Orion spacecraft (image taken with iPhone 17 Pro Max)
SpaceThe human eyes behind Artemis II’s most memorable photosBreaking Science
Galaxy GN-z11, shown in the inset, is seen as it was 13.4 billion years in the past, just 400 million years after the big bang, when the universe was only three percent of its current age.
SpaceAstronomers find compelling new evidence of the first stars formed after the Big BangJoshua Shavit
Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, giving scientists a rare chance to watch gravity reshape an asteroid.
Space‘God of chaos’ asteroid Apophis will pass very close to Earth in 2029Joseph Shavit
Graphene aerogels shot forward under laser light in microgravity, hinting at fuel-free propulsion for future spacecraft.
SpaceScientists develop laser-powered graphene propulsion for next-generation space travelJoshua Shavit
Artist impression of Artemis II: Orion and its European Service Module as they separate from the second stage of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS).
SpaceArtemis II isn’t the farthest human spaceflight, and it’s not even closeJoseph Shavit
SuperCDMS reaches base temperature deep underground, opening a new search for ultralight dark matter particles.
SpaceThe coldest ever hunt for dark matter has begun deep undergroundShy Cohen
Artist’s interpretation of the cosmic distance ladder — a succession of overlapping methods used to measure distances across the Universe, where each rung of the ladder provides information that can be used to determine the distances at the next higher rung.
SpaceOur local universe’s expansion rate doesn’t add up, astronomers findJoshua Shavit
SpaceFrozen ocean world found lurking between Mars and JupiterJoseph Shavit
A distant ultra-hot Jupiter reveals that planets can mirror their stars’ chemistry, offering new insight into how worlds form and evolve.
SpaceDo planets inherit their chemical structure from their stars?Joshua Shavit