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Digging Up the Early Universe
Cosmologists are uncovering relics from the dawn of time, letting them look back almost all the way to the...
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Giant Strand of Elusive Dark Matter Seen in 3D
Astronomers have taken their first 3D look at a gigantic filament of dark matter, an invisible cosmic structure that...
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Tiniest Alien Solar System Discovered: 5 Packed Planets
The most crowded alien planetary system found yet possesses five worlds all orbiting a star at least 12 times...
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Scientists Observe Quantum Effects in Cold Chemistry
At very low temperatures, close to absolute zero, chemical reactions may proceed at a much higher rate than classical...
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New Surveys Peer Through Dust to Reveal Supermassive Black Holes
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have used cutting-edge infrared surveys of the sky to discover a new population...
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NASA Discovers a New Black Hole in Milky Way Galaxy
NASA’s Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our...
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How Order Arises From the Random Motion of Particles in the Cosmos
One of the unsolved mysteries of contemporary science is how highly organized structures can emerge from the random motion...
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Most Precise Measurement of Universe’s Expansion Achieved
The most precise measurement ever made of the speed of the universe’s expansion is in, thanks to NASA’s Spitzer...
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Neighboring Black Holes Defy Predictions of Violent Interactions
Around the cosmos, black holes aren’t known for being the nicest neighbors. They tend to make their presence felt...
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Case of Missing Quasar Gas Clouds Now Solved
The case of the missing quasar gas clouds has been solved by a worldwide research team led by Penn...