OpinionJuly 4, 2023
Some of Earth’s Most Famous Art Started with Stardust
Astrophysics reminds us that earthly beauty has stellar origins
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Dark EnergyJune 30, 2023
Europe’s Euclid Space Telescope Is Launching a New Era in Studies of the ‘Dark Universe’
The Euclid mission will probe dark energy and dark matter like never before, setting the stage for an international, multiobservatory push to solve some of the universe’s deepest mysteries
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AstrophysicsJune 29, 2023
In a First, Scientists See Neutrinos Emitted by the Milky Way
The disk of our galaxy was long thought to produce these ghostly high-energy particles, but they haven’t been detected until now
AstronomyJune 21, 2023
JWST’s Hunt for Habitable Exoplanets Finds Disappointment, Again
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TRAPPIST-1 c, the second world in a seven-planet system, lacks an atmosphere
Dark MatterJune 20, 2023
JWST’s Glimpses of Early Galaxies Could Shed Light on Dark Matter
Bold new simulations suggest the James Webb Space Telescope might be able to distinguish between competing dark matter models by studying primordial dwarf galaxies
AstronomyJune 13, 2023
At Last, Astronomers May Have Seen the Universe’s First Stars
Telltale evidence gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope suggests we’re closer than ever before to finding elusive Population III stars
OpinionMay 22, 2023
Six Gravitational-Wave Breakthroughs Scientists Can’t Wait to See
After years of downtime for upgrades, the world’s premier gravitational-wave observatories are coming back online with big hopes for transformative discoveries
Quantum PhysicsMay 22, 2023
Quantum Theory’s ‘Measurement Problem’ May Be a Poison Pill for Objective Reality
Solving a notorious quantum quandary could require abandoning some of science’s most cherished assumptions about the physical world
AstronomyMay 18, 2023
JWST Will Hunt for Dead Solar Systems—And Much More—In Its Second Year of Science
White dwarfs, Earth-sized exoplanets, early galaxies and even Saturn’s moon Enceladus are on the agenda for JWST’s second year in space, but exomoons and others miss out
AstrophysicsMay 16, 2023
Largest-Ever Cosmic Explosion Has Raged for Years
For at least three years, the mysterious blast has shined 10 times brighter than any supernova
CosmologyMay 11, 2023
Mirror-Image Supernova Yields Surprising Estimate of Cosmic Growth
A new way to gauge the universe’s expansion rate has delivered a confusing result that may conflict with previous related measurements
Quantum PhysicsMay 10, 2023
Physicists Create Long-Sought Topological Quantum States
Exotic particles called nonabelions could fix quantum computers’ error problem