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USA, the stars and astronomy??? from the revolution to beyond the Civil War, how America's history is intertwined with the Universe
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (585+ words) The Star-Spangled Republic argues America's history can be told through the story of its astronomy Why does the American flag contain stars? Why do we call actors and sportspeople ‘stars’? Eran Shalev argues the answers lie in what he calls…...
Astronomers looked back in time and found a monster 5,000 times bigger than our Galaxy. And it's packed full of dark matter
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (962+ words) Astronomers have found an enormous proto-supercluster 5,000 times bigger than our Galaxy Astronomers have peered back into the early Universe to a time shortly after the Big Bang and discovered an enormous, gargantuan cosmic structure taking shape. Located in a region…...
One of the world's darkest paints makes everything look like a black hole??? and it could save our night sky
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (224+ words) Will a new paint job stop satellites ruining ground-based astronomy? A new study of one of the world’s darkest coatings suggests it could dramatically reduce the impact of satellites on astronomy. Researchers at the University of Surrey found that the…...
What if we never find dark matter? Why the hunt for the invisible universe is testing the limits of known physics
1+ week, 4+ day ago (338+ words) The dark matter hunt is testing the limits of known physics. What happens if it fails? One of the biggest mysteries in the Universe is that all the stars, galaxies, gas clouds and planets we can see – all the 'regular…...
We've spent billions searching for dark matter and still haven't found it. Why are scientists obsessed with finding something they can't see?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1668+ words) If dark matter is invisible and can't be detected, why are scientists spending so much time and money searching for it? Modern physics has a big problem. All the stars, galaxies, gas clouds and planets we can see account for…...
Have we finally found dark matter? A single blip deep underground just got physicists very excited...
1+ week, 4+ day ago (912+ words) A mile underground, the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is hunting for dark matter Deep beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota in the US, locked inside a cavern nearly a mile underground, an extraordinary experiment is hunting for dark matter. And it…...
Webb Telescope has used a spacetime-warping gravity trick to find new stars never seen before
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1004+ words) The James Webb Space Telescope used gravitational lensing to make an incredible discovery in the distant Universe The sheer mass of enormous cosmic objects warps spacetime and can even magnify light from distant objects, enabling astronomers to see them more…...
These are the closest black holes to Earth??? and there could be many more. Should we be worried?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1370+ words) The closest black holes to Earth, how we know they're there and how astronomers go about searching for black holes The closest confirmed black hole to our Solar System lies roughly 1,560 lightyears away. It belongs to a binary system known…...