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An illustration shows the creation of antihyperhydrogen-4 in a collision between two nulcei of lead.

Large Hadron Collider finds 1st evidence of the heaviest antimatter particle yet

By Robert Lea published

Scientists at CERN's ALICE detector are replicating conditions found during the Big Bang, attempting to get to the bottom of how matter came to dominate over antimatter.

Particle Physics
A dense cluster of bright stars, each with six large and two small diffraction spikes, due to the telescope’s optics. They have a variety of sizes depending on their brightness and distance from us in the cluster, and different colors reflecting different types of star. Patches of billowing red gas can be seen in and around the cluster, lit up by the stars. Small stars in the cluster blend into a background of distant stars and galaxies on black.

James Webb telescope confirms we have no idea why the universe is growing the way it is

By Ben Turner published

A dense cluster of bright stars, each with six large and two small diffraction spikes, due to the telescope’s optics.

Cosmology
James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed

By Ben Turner published

James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

Cosmology
A galaxy grouping called Stephan’s Quintet, which contains an imposter galaxy that is actually much closer to Earth than the others.

Astronomers spot 1 of the most powerful 'sonic booms' in the universe as massive galaxy crashes into its neighbors

By Ben Turner published

A shockwave caused by the galaxy NGC 7318b slamming into four other galaxies is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter." Astronomers hope the event will reveal vital secrets about the often-violent evolution of our universe.

Space
An illustration of two black holes about to merge into one.

'Impossible' black holes discovered by the James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation

By Paul Sutter published

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

Black Holes
A photograph of thousands of stars in a nebula

'The bottom line is, I told you so': JWST observations upend standard model of how galaxies form, new study claims

By Ben Turner published

The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of unusually bright and massive galaxies soon after the Big Bang has cast doubt on the standard model of galaxy evolution and bolstered a rival theory for how physics may work on large scales, according to a team of astronomers.

Cosmology
The three red monsters and their locations in the early universe.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers mysterious 'red monster' galaxies so large they shouldn't exist

By Ben Turner published

The James Webb telescope has spotted three gigantic "red monster" galaxies that were spawned soon after the Big Bang. They're so large they could rewrite the laws of galactic evolution.

Space
An artist's rendering of a black hole

Black holes could be driving the expansion of the universe, new study suggests

By Ben Turner published

An artist's rendering of a black hole

Black Holes
Young galaxies from the early universe as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb telescope discovers 'inside out galaxy' near the dawn of time

By Ben Turner published

A bright spiral galaxy appears on a background of thousands of other distant galaxies

Cosmology
A rendering of the JWST floating through space with a colorful starry sky behind it

Are we wrong about the age of the universe? The James Webb telescope is raising big questions.

By Sandro Tacchella published

Some of the earliest galaxies found with JWST are also the brightest. That's a problem for our ideas about the universe.

Cosmology
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