Universe
Planck reveals magnetic fingerprint of our galaxy
But Planck also observes light from much closer than the farthest reaches of time and space. With an instrument called the High Frequency Instrument (HFI),…
A Dance of Black Holes
This is the first time such a pair could be found in an ordinary galaxy. They were discovered because they ripped apart a star when ESA’s space observatory…
A cross-section of the Universe
This new Hubble image showcases a remarkable variety of objects at different distances from us, extending back over halfway to the edge of the observable…
How was the Universe Created out of Nothing?
*The innovative study by Dr. Maya Lincoln and Dr. Avi Wasser harnesses the field of information systems to explain one of the most fascinating cosmological…
One-Percent Measure of the Universe Constrains Dark Energy
Together with information on the rate at which the Universe was expanding, these measurements allow the scientists at the Max Planck Institute for…
New dark matter detector sends first data from gold mine 1.5km underground
They have set up the experiment to identify the nature of dark matter, an invisible substance that physicists believe is all around us, making up most of the…