Published inStarts With A Bang!Meet N79: home to the Local Group’s newest super star clusterThere are only four super star clusters in all the Local Group: rarities today. Here’s what the youngest, the just-discovered N79, shows…22h ago22h ago
Published inStarts With A Bang!Ask Ethan: Why doesn’t dark matter collapse due to gravity?Here in our Universe, both normal and dark matter can be measured astrophysically. But only normal matter can collapse. Why is that?3d ago103d ago10
Published inStarts With A Bang!Government-censored science ruined the USSR. Is the USA next?With a flurry of threats to scientists, science funding, and health policy, the USA now faces a crisis reminiscent of Soviet-era…4d ago224d ago22
Published inStarts With A Bang!The CMB: the most important discovery in cosmic historyFirst discovered in the mid-1960s, no cosmic signal has taught us more about the Universe, or spurred more controversy, than the CMB.6d ago66d ago6
Published inStarts With A Bang!JWST shocks the world with colliding neutron star discoveryFrom LIGO, there weren’t enough neutron star-neutron star mergers to account for our heavy elements. With a JWST surprise, maybe they can.6d ago86d ago8
Published inStarts With A Bang!The great stellar dimming of T Tauri has begunIt’s the ultimate game of cosmic “cover up,” as the dimming occurs when a circumbinary disk from a nearby star passes in front of T Tauri…Feb 33Feb 33
Published inStarts With A Bang!Ask Ethan: How are the heaviest elements of all made?Matter is made up largely of atoms, where atomic nuclei can contain up to 100 protons or more. But how were the heaviest elements made?Jan 3111Jan 3111
Published inStarts With A Bang!How does cosmic inflation fare when put to the ultimate test?Cosmic inflation, proposed back in 1980, is a theory that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang. After thorough testing, is it still valid?Jan 3011Jan 3011
Published inStarts With A Bang!The tiniest, most isolated galaxies grow unstoppablyScientists just viewed one of the tiniest, most isolated, lowest-mass galaxies ever found with JWST. Despite all odds, it’s still growing.Jan 294Jan 294
Published inStarts With A Bang!New science facilities are needed to keep America greatNew telescopes, radio dishes, and gravitational wave detectors are needed for next-generation science. Will the USA lead the way?Jan 2814Jan 2814