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3 puzzles of our universe could be solved with this new dark matter theory
A new recipe of dark matter that interacts with itself could be the solution to three separate and vastly different cosmic puzzles.
Scientists created one of the largest simulations of our universe ever — about the size of 500,000 HD movies
The FLAMINGO project helps scientists explore how galaxies, dark matter and cosmic structures evolved over billions of years.
Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall to Earth faster.
Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show
Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, dropping by up to 14 inches every year.
A tiny 'plutino' world beyond Neptune has grown a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how
A trans-Neptunian object was found to possess a surprising thin atmosphere after astronomers witnessed the object occult a distant star.
James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet's surface for the 1st time: 'We see a dark, hot, barren rock'
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly analyzed the surface of a distant super-Earth, revealing a dark, airless, Mercury-like world.
Our Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' holds a galaxy supercluster with 30,000 trillion times the sun's mass
The Vela Supercluster, in our Milky Way's Zone of Avoidance, is competing gravitationally with other superclusters for the attention of local galaxies.
Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away | Space photo of the day for May 4, 2026
Looking like a scene out of "Star Wars," this image shows the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) beaming four separate lasers into the sky towards the Tarantula Nebula.
