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The freckled universe

05/06/25

Madeleine O’Keefe

There’s a new class of cosmic object in town. And it might just overturn our understanding of black holes and galaxy evolution.

10/27/16

Can a biochemistry technique win the battle against background for scientists studying the nature of neutrinos?

10/25/16

Physicists are searching for gravitational waves all across the spectrum.

10/20/16

With a small side project, astronomers discover a new type of galaxy.

10/18/16

Settle in for a physics-themed Halloween movie marathon.

10/12/16

A new project pairs volunteers and machine learning to sort through data from LIGO.

10/11/16

Physicists and geologists are forming a new partnership to study particles from inside the planet.

10/04/16

Computer simulations help cosmologists unlock the mystery of how the universe evolved.

09/27/16

I do not think it means what you think it means.