New research suggests that these ultra-high energy rays derive their energy from magnetic turbulence. Ultra-high energy cosmic rays, which emerge in extreme astrophysical environments -- like the ...

"These cosmic collisions happened some eight to 12 billion years ago when the universe was in a much more active phase of its evolution. "Our findings take us closer to solving a long-standing ...

This modern era of high precision stems in part from studies of the oldest light accessible to us—the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The CMB is the big bang’s afterglow from circa 380,000 ...

"The discrepancy between the observed expansion rate of the universe and the predictions of the standard model suggests that our understanding of the universe may be incomplete. " New observations ...

A research team has proposed a new method to reconstruct the "family tree" of black holes. Published in The Astrophysical Journal, this research offers a way to infer the properties of the black ...

In addition to their analysis of pulsating stars called Cepheid variables, the gold standard for measuring cosmic distances, the team cross-checked measurements based on carbon-rich stars and the ...

The combination of astronomical phenomena in NGC 4358 make it a perfect point of reference when measuring cosmic distances. Credit: ESA / Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Glenn, et al. While this work did ...

An illustration of the Willow chip superimposed on a landscape. Image: Google Google just debuted its latest quantum chip, Willow, which the tech giant claims can perform calculations in five ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe—not a flaw in telescope measurements—may be behind the decade-long mystery of why the universe ...

with the Full Moon in Gemini and Mercury turning direct after a retrograde meaning all the cosmic juices are flowing again. Blocked or delayed communications, agreements, travels, upgrades ...