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Astrophysicists Launch Largest Sky Survey to Map the Universe

In 1983, astrophysicists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian released a cosmic map using 2,400 galaxies.

18 May 2021

Giant Black Holes Consume Gas Similar to Their Smaller Counterparts

On Sept. 9, 2018, astronomers spotted a flash from a galaxy 860 million light years away.

18 May 2021

Flagship Mission Evaluates Interactions Between Magnetic Fields of the Sun and Earth

A space physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington has received a NASA grant to support his role in a flagship mission that evaluates interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and earth.

18 May 2021

Scientists Provide Precise Relative Ages of Oldest Stars in the Milky Way

Scientists have succeeded in dating some of the oldest stars in our galaxy with unprecedented precision by combining data from the stars' oscillations with information about their chemical composition.

18 May 2021

Study Offers Possible Explanations for Apparent Change in the Hubble Constant

An international research team analyzed a database of more than 1000 supernova explosions and found that models for the expansion of the Universe best match the data when a new time dependent variation is introduced.

18 May 2021

Scarcity of Exoplanets Could Explain the Mystery of Missing Worlds

There's been a breakthrough in the case of the missing planets. While planet-hunting missions have discovered thousands of worlds orbiting distant stars, there's a severe scarcity of exoplanets that measure between 1.5 and two times Earth's radius.

18 May 2021

New Study Provides Best Evidence of How the Early Milky Way Came Together

New research provides the best evidence to date into the timing of how our early Milky Way came together, including the merger with a key satellite galaxy.

18 May 2021

Scientists Date Some of the Oldest Stars in Milky Way Galaxy

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have successfully dated some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way galaxy with unmatched precision. They achieved this by combining data from oscillations of the stars with data on their chemical composition.

18 May 2021

New Discovery Could Shed Light on Electron Behavior in Quantum Materials

A new discovery led by Princeton University could upend our understanding of how electrons behave under extreme conditions in quantum materials.

17 May 2021

Study Details Expansion of Universe Over the Course of its History

A database consisting of over 1000 supernova explosions has been examined by an international research group. The group has discovered that models for the expansion of the Universe closely match the data when a new time-dependent variation is added.

17 May 2021