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ALMA radio image of the dusty star-forming galaxy called MAMBO-9. The galaxy consists of two parts, and it is in the process of merging.

December 12, 2019 Science

ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen only 970 million

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November 27, 2019 Science

There Might Be Cracks in the Universe — But We Can’t See Them from Earth

There might be cracks in space-time, but humanity’s telescopes can’t see them. The cracks, if they exist, are old —

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The team’s analysis paves the way for better measurements in the future using telescopes from the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

November 9, 2019 Science

Scientists further refine how quickly the universe is expanding

Wielding state-of-the-art technologies and techniques, a team of Clemson University astrophysicists has added a novel approach to quantifying one of

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This illustration shows the evolution of the Universe, from the Big Bang on the left, to modern times on the right.

October 22, 2019 Science

What was the first color in the universe?

The universe bathes in a sea of light, from the blue-white flickering of young stars to the deep red glow

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Artist impression of an alien planet. Researchers say Earth-like exoplanets may be common in the universe.

October 18, 2019 Science

Universe May Be Full of Earth-like Exoplanets

There may be many Earth-like planets scattered around the universe, a study has suggested, raising the possibility that other habitable

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A massive galaxy cluster from the simulation, with filaments.

October 3, 2019 Science

Scientists start mapping the hidden web that scaffolds the universe

After counting all the normal, luminous matter in the obvious places of the universe – galaxies, clusters of galaxies and

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July 7, 2019 Science

Does the Universe Rotate?

If you look around space, you’ll notice a lot of things — the planets, stars, moons, even the galaxy itself

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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field of galaxies. A new study of the star formation activity in 179 of the galaxies in this image including many dating from about six billion years ago confirms an earlier puzzling result: lower mass galaxies tend to make stars at a rate slightly slower than expected.

January 18, 2019 Science

Making stars when the universe was half its age

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, and its stars are arguably its most momentous handiwork. Astronomers studying the

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January 3, 2019 Science

Scientists Find the ‘Missing’ Dark Matter from the Early Universe

Dark matter, it seems, has been clinging to galaxies for a very long time. Most galaxies that existed 10 billion

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Gamma rays bursting from distant galaxies, like the one shown in the center of this artist’s illustration, can illuminate the diffuse light, called extragalactic background light, that manages escape its dusty environs.

November 30, 2018 Science

Astronomers have measured all the starlight ever emitted

Astronomers have measured all the starlight that has managed to escape into space over the history of the universe. It

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September 18, 2018 Science

Nuclear pasta in neutron stars may be the strongest material in the universe

A really weird form of matter found in ultradense objects such as neutron stars is looking like a good candidate

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September 10, 2018 Science

The Universe Is Disappearing, and There’s Nothing We Can Do To Stop It

It’s been nearly a century since scientists first theorized that the Universe was expanding, and that the farther away a

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