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Is Cosmology Broken? This Map May Be a Crucial Puzzle Piece
But the word “most” is important. The ACT team’s findings agree with studies of the CMB made with instruments like the European Space Agency’s Planck telescope,…
Researchers Argue Black Holes Will Destroy All Quantum States
Intriguingly, this kind of decoherence will occur anywhere there is a horizon that only allows information to travel in one direction, creating the potential…
The ‘Bad Astronomer’ Takes You on a Tour of the Cosmos
In the early 2000s, Phil Plait wrote his first book, Bad Astronomy, which debunked conspiracy theories and fallacies, like the idea that NASA faked the moon…
NASA’s IXPE gets an X-ray view of the famous Crab Nebula
A NASA X-ray instrument has provided a new view of one of astronomy’s most beautiful objects, the Crab Nebula. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer or…
The Big Bang’s Afterglow Reveals Invisible Cosmic Structures
Nearly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the primordial plasma of the infant universe cooled enough for the first atoms to coalesce, making space for the…
California’s road to electrify cars and trucks may be bumpy | News
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Mathematicians Find an Infinity of Possible Black Hole Shapes
The cosmos seems to have a preference for things that are round. Planets and stars tend to be spheres because gravity pulls clouds of gas and dust toward the…
‘Planet parade’: Stunning alignment of 5 celestial bodies will decorate the night sky
Night sky lovers can typically spot a smattering of a few planets, but in late March, a stunning visual takes shape when five planets line up beneath the moon…
What Lit the Lamps That Let Humanity Measure the Universe
Every year, around 1,000 Type Ia supernovas erupt in the sky. These stellar explosions brighten and then fade away in a pattern so repeatable that they’re used…