big bang
-
Europe approves LISA, a next-generation space mission that will discover the faintest ripples in space-timeThe new LISA gravitational wave detector, which will be launched into orbit in 2035, promises to detect cosmic collisions from the earliest moments after the Big Bang.
By Ben Turner Published
space -
Cosmic strings can break — and when they do, they shake the universeMany models of the universe predict the existence of countless invisible strings stretching across space. New research finds a way these strings might snap — and how we could feel the fallout.
By Paul Sutter Published
black-holes -
James Webb telescope discovers the oldest, most distant black hole in the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of the universe's oldest black holes is giving astronomers some vital clues for how they came to be.
By Ben Turner Published
black-holes -
Tiny black holes from the dawn of time may be altering our planet's orbit, new study suggestsA study suggests primordial black holes may make planets and moons near us wobble. If measured experimentally, this will provide the first concrete proof such objects exist.
By Deepa Jain Published
black-holes -
Unexpected cosmic clumping could disprove our best understanding of the universeThe tension, centered around a value for cosmic lumpiness known as S8, could join the Hubble tension in dethroning our best picture of how the universe evolved.
By Ben Turner Published
space -
The 1st life in the universe could have formed seconds after the Big BangThe first life-forms capable of evolution could have appeared just moments after the Big Bang, a physicist explains.
By Paul Sutter Published
space -
James Webb telescope discovers 2 of the oldest galaxies in the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a cosmic 'peanut' and 'fluff ball' that happen to be two of the four oldest galaxies in the known universe.
By Brandon Specktor Published
astronomy -
Many physicists think we live in a multiverse. But they're getting a simple math rule wrong.Our universe seems to be perfectly suited for life. But anyone who claims that's evidence of a multiverse is falling prey to a logical fallacy.
By Philip Goff Published
physics-mathematics -
Dark matter may have its own 'invisible' periodic table of elementsDark matter may come in multiple particles and weights, similar to the ordinary elements on the periodic table, a new theory suggests.
By Paul Sutter Published
cosmology
