In the first few billion years after the Big Bang, the universe contained far more so-called…
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Astronomy
Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star…
Ancient Helium Leaking From Earth’s Core Offers Clues To Earth’s Formation
Helium-3, a rare isotope of helium gas, is leaking out of Earth’s core, a new study…
Mysterious Death Of A Star Emitting Six Rings
Astrophysicists studying in unprecedented detail a red giant star named V Hydrae — abbreviated as V…
Stunning Spiral Galaxy NGC 4571
This cosmic portrait – captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 –…
The Proton’s Innate Charm May Trouble Astronomers
Can the neutrino eyes of humanity, observatories such as the IceCube in Antarctica, really see neutrinos…
The Eye Of Colorful Galaxy NGC 1097
This finely detailed image shows the heart of NGC 1097, a barred spiral galaxy that lies…
Best Evidence Yet For Anyons, Long-sought Quasi-particles
Unlike subatomic particles, quasiparticles are not actually particles. Click here for original story,…
Tiny Star Unleashes Gargantuan Beam of Matter and Antimatter
The panel on the left displays about one third the length of the beam from the…
NGC 524: A Mysterious Old Spiral Galaxy
This striking cosmic whirl is the centre of galaxy NGC 524, as seen with the NASA/ESA…