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No, the James Webb Space Telescope Hasn’t Broken Cosmology

[ad_1] The cracks in cosmology were supposed to take a while to appear. But when the James Webb Space Telescope…

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9-year-old graduates high school: ‘I want to be an astrophysicist’ | CNN

[ad_1] 9-year-old graduates high school: ‘I want to be an astrophysicist’ 9-year-old David Balogun is one step closer to achieving…

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The Enigma of Dragonfly 44, the Galaxy That’s Almost Invisible

[ad_1] In 2016, astronomers led by Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University published a bombshell paper claiming the discovery of…

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The ‘Brightest of All Time’ Gamma-Ray Burst Sparks a Supernova Hunt

[ad_1] On the morning of October 9, astronomers’ inboxes pinged with a relatively modest alert: NASA’s Swift Observatory had just…

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What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the Key

[ad_1] On May 12, at nine simultaneous press conferences around the world, astrophysicists revealed the first image of the black…

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Humanity Is Doing Its Best Impression of a Black Hole

[ad_1] The one thing that all human civilizations have in common is that they end. For 10,000 years or so,…

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Where Do High-Energy Cosmic Rays Come From? A Star’s Last Gasp

[ad_1] Gamma rays from this supernova remnant have been seen by telescopes since 2007, but exceptionally energetic light wasn’t detected…

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Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe Yet

[ad_1] After just seven months, a huge team of scientists who work with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have already…

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Gravitational Waves Should Permanently Distort Spacetime

[ad_1] The first detection of gravitational waves in 2016 provided decisive confirmation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. But another…

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A Failed Star Called ‘The Accident’ Puzzles Astronomers

[ad_1] Dan Caselden was up late on November 3, 2018, playing the video game Counter-Strike, when he made astronomy history.…

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