the first light in the universe
Many stages of the universe’s initial development remain unexplained. One important mystery involves the origin of the earliest sources of light in the universe that we can observe.A new study …
Many stages of the universe’s initial development remain unexplained. One important mystery involves the origin of the earliest sources of light in the universe that we can observe.A new study …
We may live in a changing universedani3315-Getty Images “Hearst Magazines and Yahoo! may earn commissions or revenue from certain offers through these links.” The Standard Cosmological Model Lambda-CDM (CDM) proposes …
A recent study published in the journal Physical Review D Marks a major advance in cosmology. A team of researchers analyzed more than a million galaxies to gain insight into …
A treasure trove of molecules has been discovered in two galaxies we saw 12 billion years ago, revealing information about how stars formed in the ancient realm. One of the …
A survey of more than 25 million galaxies has uncovered strange inconsistencies in the way astronomers measure the clumpiness of the universe, which could threaten the Standard Model of cosmology, …
Artist’s impression of an active supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the early universe. Pop III stars in the early universe were likely the precursors of supermassive black holes. Image source: …
The universe is expanding. But it moves at very different speeds depending on where we observe it. This problem is called the Hubble tension, and at its core is the …
Kaveri Institute of Cosmic Physics and Mathematics, University of Tokyo Figure 1: Image obtained by observing the large-scale structure of the universe. The numerous objects shown in yellow to red …
Twenty-five years ago, physicist Juan Maldacena proposed the AdS/CFT correspondence, an interesting holographic link between gravity in the three-dimensional universe and quantum physics at the two-dimensional boundary of the universe. …
Scientists from several universities are collaborating on an experiment called “MAST-QG” to determine whether gravity has quantum properties. The experiment involves levitating tiny diamonds in a quantum superposition and aims …