Although dark matter makes up 27% of the universe, astronomers have been unable to observe it directly. Astronomers anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital clues. The…
Category: Astronomy
Most Early Galaxies Looked Like Breadsticks Rather Than Pizza Pies or Dough Balls
Columbia researchers analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often flat and elongated, like breadsticks—and are rarely round, like balls…
Our Surprising Magnetic Galaxy – Technology Org
Milky Way visible in the night sky – illustrative photo. Even though it is difficult to imagine a flat universe, this theory may be right. And, it has nothing to…
Earth-Sized Planet Discovered in ‘Our Solar Backyard’
A team of astronomers have discovered a planet closer and younger than any other Earth-sized world yet identified. It’s a remarkably hot world whose proximity to our own planet and…
Hydrogen Emissions Within the Orion Constellation
Last week, Columbia University released the first data set from a new, high-resolution astronomical survey of the night sky. Swirling hydrogen emissions and stars in an area of the night…
Researchers Release Open-Source Space Debris Model
The MIT Orbital Capacity Assessment Tool lets users model the long-term future space environment. MIT’s Astrodynamics, Space Robotics, and Controls Laboratory (ARCLab) announced the public beta release of the MIT…
Dark Energy Discovery a Decade in the Making: New Supernova Insights Offer Clues to the Expansion of the Universe
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have contributed to a landmark study that complicates our understanding of the universe. An example of a supernova discovered by the Dark Energy Survey within the…
Sweating the Small Stuff: Scientists Have Begun to Study Samples from Asteroid Bennu
At the university’s Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission down to the atomic scale. This mosaic…
Dark Energy Survey Uncovers Clues to Universe’s Complexity
In 1998, astronomers discovered that the universe is accelerating, thanks to a mysterious force called dark energy that makes up about 70% of the universe. The discovery came as a surprise…
Space Oddity: Uncovering the Origin of the Universe’s Rare Radio Circles
Outflowing galactic winds from exploding stars may explain the enormous rings. It’s not every day astronomers say, “What is that?” After all, most observed astronomical phenomena are known: stars, planets,…
