There’s too much gold in the universe. No one knows where it came from.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2020
Something is showering gold across the universe. But no one knows what it is.
Something is showering gold across the universe. But no one knows what it is.
When humanity finally detected the collision between two neutron stars in 2017, we confirmed a long-held theory – in the energetic fires of these incredible explosions, elements heavier than iron are forged.
On a fine scale, the Universe seems lumpier than it should be.
This is the result of a 20-year collaboration of several hundred scientists from around 30 different institutions around the world.
Just how old is the universe? Astrophysicists have been debating this question for decades. In recent years, new scientific measurements have suggested the universe may be hundreds of millions of years younger than its previously estimated age of approximately 13.8 billions of years.
Another telescope has entered the debate about the age and expansion rate of the Universe.
What happens if you turn space-time upside-down?
Behold the hot, energetic Universe.
A new all-sky image from the eROSITA X-ray telescope onboard the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) space observatory contains over one million objects, about half of which are new to astronomers.
The universe’s first stars continue to elude, but astronomers reveal other unexpected finds