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Milky way galaxy with stars and space dust

Dark matter began hot and later cooled to shape the Universe

Dark matter’s thermal history revisited.

forming galaxy cluster

An ancient galaxy cluster is far hotter than it should be

The scorching cloud of gas threaded between clusters of galaxies is 5X hotter than current models predict.

If we are located in a region with below-average density such as the green dot, then matter would flow away from us due to stronger gravity from the surrounding denser regions, as shown by the red arrows

Is Earth in a giant void? New clues from the Big Bang sound

The theory is a potential solution to the 'Hubble tension'.

A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration

Supermassive black holes feasting on massive stars

The stars’ destruction produces high-energy light.

Dark blue astrology background

New theory suggests dark matter formed from massless particles

Did dark matter form when fast particles got heavy?

Half of the universe’s missing matter found

New measurements of the diffuse ionized hydrogen surrounding galaxies account for missing mass.

With its spiral arms and large star-forming disc

The twin of the Milky Way galaxy found in the distant Universe

It offers important insights into how galaxies can form and evolve so rapidly in the early Universe.

Coma cluster

The Universe seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even

Raising questions about current cosmological models.

matter-antimatter illustration

Shedding light on two pieces of the matter-antimatter puzzle

CP violation in decays of baryons and in decays of beauty hadrons into charmonium particles.

Galaxy cluster MACS J1423 (NIRCam image)

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers ‘Firefly Sparkle’

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers 'Firefly Sparkle': A Unique Early-Forming Galaxy Similar to Young Milky Way

Gravitational Wave Sky

Most detailed maps of gravitational waves across the universe to date

New map of the universe reveal hidden black holes and cosmic structure.

three red monsters

Three galactic ‘red monsters’ discovered in the early Universe

The formation of stars in the early Universe was far more efficient than previously thought.

Electrons dance in neutron star explosions

New method of observation shows the creation of heavy elements.

Hubble Ultra Deep Field

There are more black holes in the early universe than previously reported

The new result can help scientists understand how supermassive black holes were created.

'Pablo's galaxy'

A black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death

However, this galaxy is essentially ‘dead’.

Galaxy planets digital art

Astrophysicists harness AI to calculate the Universe’s ‘settings’ precisely

The results were a significant improvement over the values produced by previous methods.

primordial black hole

Exotic black holes: A byproduct of dark matter

The universe may have sprouted microscopic black holes with enormous amounts of nuclear charge.

Artist's impression of this research

A new theory to explain the origin of phosphorus

Astronomers proposed a new model based on oxygen-neon novae.

Gz9p3

Scientists unprecedentedly detailed observations of one of the earliest known galaxies

Growth in the early Universe was much faster than first thought.

NGC 5468 — Cepheid host galaxy

Webb and Hubble telescopes affirm the Universe’s expansion rate

Webb measurements shed new light on a decade-long mystery.

GN-z11 galaxy

The oldest black hole ever observed

It is ‘eating’ its host galaxy to death.

PRIYA

PRIYA: a new cosmological simulation model

Supercomputer enables illustration of large-scale structure of universe.

Artist’s impression of putting a small black hole at the centre of the Sun

Astrophysical Chaos: What happens if you put a black hole into the Sun?

In a hypothetical scenario, small, primordial black holes could be captured by newly forming stars.

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