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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.

12/02/14

Particles produced by cosmic rays enter volcanoes and live to tell the tale.

11/13/14

When it comes to explaining how a massive machine works, sometimes smaller is better.

11/12/14

When Chinese workers searching for water found the famous Terracotta Warriors instead, they brought to light a scientific mystery.

11/11/14

Forty years ago, two different research groups announced the discovery of the same new particle and redefined how physicists view the universe.

11/06/14

Statistician Edward Tufte turns scientific notations into artwork.

11/04/14

Astrophysicists and cosmologists are turning to statisticians to help them analyze an ever-increasing deluge of data.

10/24/14

Cosmic inflation refers to a period of rapid, accelerated expansion that scientists think took place about 14 billion years ago.

10/23/14

A proposed dark matter experiment would use two underground detectors, one in each hemisphere.