Published inStarts With A Bang!Our first “Earth-like” exoplanets probably won’t have atmospheresSeeking life beyond the Solar System, we first look to the closest star systems with Earth-like planets. Here’s why that’s not good enough.8h ago18h ago1
Published inStarts With A Bang!How the Moon’s two Grand Canyons formed in mere minutesOur Moon is full of craters, basins, and ancient lava flows. But two large lunar Grand Canyons have the same origin: a single, giant…1d ago41d ago4
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…2d ago2d 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?5d ago115d ago11
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…6d ago226d 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.Feb 56Feb 56
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.Feb 48Feb 48
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