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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 may come in two parts, changing how scientists read missing gamma-ray signals.
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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
New modeling shows laser power networks could better connect and energize the Moon’s shadowed south pole craters.
SpaceLaser power stations could keep lunar missions running in permanent darknessJoseph Shavit
Dr. Niayesh Afshordi, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute (PI).
SpaceGroundbreaking new theory rewrites quantum view of the Big BangJoshua Shavit
JWST reveals Saturn’s aurora drives a self-sustaining heat cycle, solving its shifting rotation mystery.
SpaceJWST just helped solve Saturn’s mysterious spin problemJoshua Shavit