Universe

Early, low-metallicity universe is fundamentally different from our own galaxy

Hubble, U-M astronomers pioneer study of massive stars.

The first evidence of a massive galaxy with no dark matter

The result is a challenge to the current standard model of cosmology.

Scientists identified the distribution of water vapor in a galaxy

Galaxy J1135 reveals its water map.

ATLAS measured Higgs boson’s mass with unprecedented precision

New result from the ATLAS experiment at CERN reaches the unprecedented precision of 0.09%.

Webb observed the chemical signature of carbon-rich dust grains in the early Universe

Webb sees carbon-rich dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time.

Giant swirling waves identified at the edge of Jupiter’s magnetosphere

The waves are an important process for transferring energy and mass from the solar wind.

Astronomers have found an exoplanet that can match Venus’ shininess

Cheops shows scorching exoplanet acts like a mirror.

First snapshots of fermion pairs

JILA physicists make record-breaking measurement of a key electron property.

Black hole ripples may be able to measure the universe’s expansion

A new way to pin down the distance to these exotic objects.

The early universe was running in extremely slow motion

Result confirms time-dilation expectations of Einstein's general relativity.

Strong hints of monster gravitational waves warping the Galaxy

A collective hum of gravitational waves from many pairs of merging black holes throughout the universe.

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