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Cosmic voids may explain the universe's acceleration without dark energy
New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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Hubble Telescope sets its eyes on cosmic cotton candy near the Tarantula Nebula (photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the ​​colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and ...
Wicked High-Definition Image of the Cosmic Web Shows the Universe’s Dark Matter Scaffolding
New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.
Scientists Amplify the Universe’s Faintest Signals 1,000x to Reveal Dark Matter
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking atom interferometer capable of amplifying faint signals by 1,000 times — making it ...
Cosmic wildlife: Animal-like nebula across the universe
The face of this cosmic owl is created by a bubble of gas flowing out from an ageing star in UrsaMajor. Due to their round shape, such nebulae are know as planetary nebula - though in reality they ...
Euclid 'dark universe' telescope discovers stunning Einstein ring in warped space-time (image)
The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about ...
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First look at Dark Universe monster land coming to Epic Universe
Universal Orlando has pulled back the curtain on the new Dark Universe monster-themed land debuting on May 22 as part of Epic Universe that will feature more than 50 rides, attractions ...