DESI releases largest 3D map of the universe to date
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy—the ...
‘Only 1% of universe’: Why Einstein Ring is one of the rarest phenomena discovered by humans
An Einstein ring is a circular appearance of light around a celestial object, caused by gravitational lensing. This occurs ...
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Charting the cosmos: Exploring the mysteries of dark matter and the expanding universe
Astrophysics Professor Neta Bahcall discusses her research on dark matter and its effects on the expansion of the universe.
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How Old Is the Earth?
Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was ...
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What Is a Black Hole? Astronomy's Most Mysterious Object, Explained
We simply don't know. However, scientists are hunting intermediate black holes with tools like the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which can detect the type of light released when black holes ingest ...
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“We Might Need to Rethink Our Standard Model of Cosmology.” Largest 3D Universal Map Ever Could Solve Dark Energy Mystery
A groundbreaking new dataset containing information on 18.7 million celestial objects —the largest ever assembled—is now ...
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A Flight Through the Universe
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey recently released the largest ever 3-D map of the sky with some 540,000 galaxies Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...