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The constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear) is home to Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. This image is a combination of exposures taken through green and infrared filters using Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. The field of view is approximately 3.3 by 3.3 arcminutes.
A new model suggests dark matter could glow in the Milky Way but stay nearly invisible in dwarf galaxies.
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Why the night sky is dark leads to the Big Bang, cosmic expansion, and the hidden glow of the universe.
SpaceIf the universe is full of stars then why is the night sky dark?Joseph Shavit
Astronomers confirmed SDSS J0715-7334 as the most metal-poor star ever found, a survivor of the universe's second stellar generation born near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
SpaceAstronomers discovered the most primitive star everJoseph Shavit
The constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear) is home to Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. This image is a combination of exposures taken through green and infrared filters using Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. The field of view is approximately 3.3 by 3.3 arcminutes.
SpaceWhat if dark matter came in two states?Breaking Science
Artist's impression shows Cassini exploring the magnetic environment of Saturn.
SpaceCassini-Huygens mission finds lopsided shift in Saturn’s magnetic bubbleJoshua Shavit
An artist's illustration of NASA's Orion crew capsule heading to the moon.
SpaceTo the Moon and beyond: Artemis II and humanity’s reach into spaceJoseph Shavit
Rutgers-led review suggests meteor impact craters may have created hydrothermal settings where life first emerged.
SpaceNew study challenges where life first began on EarthJoshua Shavit
Simulations link the Milky Way’s uneven halo heating to compression caused by the Large Magellanic Cloud.
SpaceThe Large Magellanic Cloud could be making the Milky Way hotterJoseph Shavit
An enormous halo of hydrogen gas found in Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) data and superimposed over its location as seen in deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
SpaceGiant hydrogen halos are changing how astronomers view the early universeJoseph Shavit
JWST found TOI-5205 b has a metal-poor atmosphere, challenging ideas about giant planet formation around red dwarf stars.
SpaceGiant planet that shouldn’t exist is forcing astronomers to rethink planetary scienceJoshua Shavit
Pulsar Fusion reached first plasma in Sunbird, an early step toward a fusion rocket built for faster deep-space travel.
SpacePulsar Fusion’s Sunbird fusion rocket could get us to Mars in half the timeJoshua Shavit
An artist's conception (not to scale) of the red giant SDSS J0915-7334, which was born near the Large Magellanic Cloud and has now journeyed to reside in the Milky Way.
SpacePristine star reveals the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universeJoseph Shavit
Study suggests ancient gravitational waves may have helped create dark matter in the early universe.
SpaceGravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universeJoshua Shavit
New research reveals magnetic waves deep inside the Sun, offering a way to study hidden solar processes.
SpaceLarge-scale waves are forming deep inside our SunJoseph Shavit
Light can travel billions of years yet experience no time. Here’s how Einstein’s physics explains it.
SpaceLight can travel for billions of years yet experience no timeJoseph Shavit
Setup of legged robot operation on the testbed, with the control room and operators in the background.
SpaceFour-legged robots look to speed up Mars and Moon explorationJoseph Shavit
New isotopic analysis suggests Earth formed almost entirely from inner Solar System material, not beyond Jupiter.
SpacePlanetary scientists reveal where Earth’s water and building blocks came fromJoshua Shavit