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Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds – or Fermi bubbles – at the Milky Way’s center. The ...

Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds - or Fermi bubbles - at the Milky Way's center. The ...

A top a mountain in Chile, where the days are dry and nights are clear, a team of scientists and engineers is preparing for ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once penned the words “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe ...

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The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to establish self-sustaining human settlements on Mars by 2040, utilizing AI-driven ...

Dr. Caitlin Casey, an observational astronomer, has recently joined the physics department at UC Santa Barbara. She co-leads the C.O.S.M.O.S. collaboration — a project distinguished by its deep ...