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A bizarre theory claims that dark matter might be made of tiny primordial black holes, which themselves might contain other universes.

Scientists Claim Black Holes Are Made of Collapsed Universes

By Dan Robitzski

Filter out every star, galaxy, and other source of brightness we know about, and half of the light in the universe will still remain.

Astronomers Can’t Explain Where Half the Universe’s Light Is Coming From

By Dan Robitzski

The universe has been steadily heating over billions of years due to the violent process of dragging matter together into new galaxies.

The Universe Is Getting Steadily Hotter, According to New Research

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning extremely slowly compared to others.

Our Galaxy’s Central Black Hole Seems to Be Chilling Out for Some Reason

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers found an unusual, ancient supermassive black hole that threatens our understanding of the history of the universe.

Scientists Found an Ultra-Rare Black Hole From Almost 12 Billion Years Ago

By Dan Robitzski

The galaxy Dragonfly 44, which scientists said had a baffling 10,000-to-one ratio of dark matter to visible matter, may not be so unique after all.

Scientists: That “99.9% Dark Matter” Galaxy Is Actually Perfectly Normal

By Dan Robitzski

$Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explores the implications of new research about a hypothetical type of black hole that would contain a "fractal universe."$

Researchers: Some Black Holes May Contain a “Fractal Universe”

By Jon Christian

A team of scientists measured the mass of 1,800 galaxy clusters to get the most precise number for how much matter is in the universe yet.

Scientists Calculated How Much Matter Is in the Whole Universe

By Dan Robitzski

Studying the rings of photons swirling around the black hole Pōwehi can help scientists understand the history of the universe.

We May Be Able to Extract “Movies” of the Universe From Black Holes

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre celestial object too big to be a neutron star but too small for a black hole could undo the rules astrophysicsts use to understand the universe.

Scientists Are Baffled By a Bizarre Black Hole-Like Object

By Dan Robitzski

Jim Peebles, who first theorized about dark matter, argues in a new essay that there's still a lot of work to be done in proving his ideas.

The Guy Who Invented Dark Matter Has Some Doubts

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, astronomers were able to watch the entire, weeks-long process of a neutron star absorbing matter and creating a powerful x-ray blast.

Astronomers Watch Neutron Star “Charge Up” Before Huge X-ray Blast

By Dan Robitzski

New simulations on galaxy development suggest that powerful magnetic fields present in the early universe could have stunted the Milky Way's growth.

Scientists: Magnetic Fields May Have Crushed Our Entire Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers say they've found a new kind of signal coming from our galaxy's supermassive black hole, which they think are rapidly-rotating flare ups.

Astronomers Detect Signal Coming From the Heart of Our Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

To better understand how black holes form and what gravitational waves they give off, physicists are repeatedly simulating extremely violent supernovae.

Scientists Are Killing Off Virtual Stars to Study Black Holes

By Dan Robitzski

A research team failed to find a widely-accepted dark matter particle candidate in the Milky Way galaxy, causing a stir among disagreeing astrophysicists.

Shocking Research Threatens Our Understanding of Dark Matter

By Dan Robitzski

The universe might be one big giant bubble.

Physicist: Our Galaxy May Be Located Inside an Enormous Bubble

By Jon Christian

Astrophysicist Ron Mallett believes he's figured out how to build a time machine that would allow someone to travel to the past.

Astrophysicist Says He Knows How to Build a Time Machine

By Kristin Houser

A hundred lights that have appeared and disappeared in the night sky over the past 70 years could be signs of the existence of aliens.

Newly Discovered Blinking Space Lights Could Be Signs of Aliens

By Kristin Houser

Scientists believe they've spotted the turbulence allowing black holes to transfer heat to the gas at the core of their galaxy clusters.

Astronomers Catch Three Black Holes “Cooking” Their Galaxies

By Kristin Houser

While studying hypersonic jet propulsion, a team of engineers stumbled upon the mechanism that could've led to the Big Bang.

Scientists Accidentally Recreate Big Bang Detonation in the Lab

By Kristin Houser

Space.com delves into the the history of research into the star, and finds that though scientists have made some progress, the mystery remains unexplained.

This Star Appears to Be Older Than the Universe

By Jon Christian

A rare glimpse of a supermassive black hole obliterating a star in what's called a Tidal Disruption Event could help astrophysicists understand the cosmos.

Astronomers Just Watched a Black Hole Shred a Star

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists is preparing to release a world first: video footage of an enormous black hole devouring vast clouds of gas.

Astronomers Say They’ll Soon Release First Video of a Black Hole

By Jon Christian

Researchers used AI to create a universe simulator that's incredibly fast and accurate, even when they tweak parameters not included in its training data.

World’s First AI Universe Simulator Knows Things It Shouldn’t

By Kristin Houser

A new scientific hypothesis posits that interstellar rocks like 'Oumuamua could have helped form planets throughout the galaxy.

Interstellar Visitor Like ‘Oumuamua May Have Formed Earth’s Core

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that supermassive black holes formed in halos of dark matter that serve as "gravitational glue" for galaxies.

New Theory: Vast, Ancient Black Holes Formed Because of Dark Matter

By Jon Christian

Computer simulations can help spot new planets that were previously obscured by the death throes of old stars.

This Scientist Is Hunting for Planets That Orbit Dead Stars

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have captured the best-ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Here’s the Best-Ever Image of the Black Hole Devouring Our Galaxy

By Jon Christian

A team of astronomers say they've discovered the brightest quasar ever observed in the early universe, which shines with the power of 600 trillion Suns.

Newly Spotted Quasar Is 600 Trillion Times Brighter Than the Sun

By Jon Christian

Stephen Hawking’s Most Dire Predictions for the Future

Stephen Hawking’s Most Dire Predictions for the Future

By Alexandra Ossola

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For the First Time Ever, Scientists Found Alien Worlds in Another Galaxy

By Chelsea Gohd

This Year, We’ll See a Black Hole for the First Time in History

This Year, We’ll See a Black Hole for the First Time in History

By Kristin Houser

It’s Almost Impossible to Understand How Unfathomably Massive Our Universe Truly Is

It’s Almost Impossible to Understand How Unfathomably Massive Our Universe Truly Is

By Michael Strauss

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Astronomers Have Uncovered Evidence of “Dynamical Dark Energy”

New Research Suggests Cosmic Rays Hail From Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way

New Research Suggests Cosmic Rays Hail From Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way

Newly Discovered Black Hole May Be the First of Its Kind Ever Detected

Newly Discovered Black Hole May Be the First of Its Kind Ever Detected

60 Years Since They Were First Observed, There’s Much Left to Learn About Neutrinos

60 Years Since They Were First Observed, There’s Much Left to Learn About Neutrinos

By Brian Koberlein

The Secrets of Neutrinos, One of the Strangest Particles in the Known Universe

The Secrets of Neutrinos, One of the Strangest Particles in the Known Universe

By Brian Koberlein

Water Bears Could One Day Outlive Everything Except the Sun Itself

Water Bears Could One Day Outlive Everything Except the Sun Itself

By Chelsea Gohd

Worlds Without End: The Many Kinds of Parallel Universes

Worlds Without End: The Many Kinds of Parallel Universes

By Todd Jaquith

Lab-Grown Black Hole May Have Just Proven That Hawking Radiation Exists

Lab-Grown Black Hole May Have Just Proven That Hawking Radiation Exists

By Cecille De Jesus

Jupiter May Have Ejected Another Planet From Our Solar System Long Ago

Jupiter May Have Ejected Another Planet From Our Solar System Long Ago

By Miguel Santos

Brian Greene: Making Sense of String Theory & the Hidden Universe

From Quarks to Quasars

Brian Greene: Making Sense of String Theory & the Hidden Universe

By Jolene Creighton