Gravastars, hypothetical alternatives to black holes, could end up nested inside one another like a Russian Matryoshka doll  – according to new calculations that...

IntroductionClusters of hundreds or thousands of galaxies sit at the intersections of giant, crisscrossing filaments of matter that form the tapestry of the cosmos....

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Using observations from the GRAPES-3 muon detector, physicists in India and Japan have explored a poorly understood region of the cosmic ray energy spectrum...

IntroductionUnlike many astronomers, Erin Kara didn’t grow up star-struck. “I don’t have that story of being that little kid staring up at the stars...

TOKYO, Feb 9, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) made significant technological contributions to the first imagery acquisition conducted by...

IntroductionBy making maps of the magnetic fields hidden inside massive galaxy clusters, astronomers are getting closer to finding the origin of cosmic magnetism. “These are...

In the search for a cosmological model that perfectly explains our universe, most astronomers invoke the notion of dark matter. But...

IntroductionWhen it comes to understanding the fabric of the universe, most of what scientists think exists is consigned to a dark, murky domain. Ordinary...

IntroductionWhen it comes to understanding the fabric of the universe, most of what scientists think exists is consigned to a dark, murky domain. Ordinary...

IntroductionIn the mid-1980s, like Walkman cassette players and tie-dyed shirts, the buglike silhouette of the Mandelbrot set was everywhere. Students plastered it to dorm room...

IntroductionWhat a joy — pun intended — to co-host season 3 of The Joy of Why alongside (metaphorically if not physically in space or...