The steel skeleton of the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is illuminated by the rising full moon in a gorgeous new photo from the European Southern Observatory.
Look up at the sky – there is a vast part of the Universe that we don’t know much about, full of mysteries yet to unravel. To celebrate Dark Matter Day 2023, CERN is pleased to invite the public to explore the latest discoveries in the dark cosmos, from exoplanets to black holes and dark matter, at the Organization’s new flagship education and outreach facility, CERN Science Gateway, with Nobel prize laureate and Swiss astronomer Michel Mayor and scientists from CERN and ESO. The public event will be hosted by Paola Catapano and simultaneous interpreting into English and French will be provided. Dark Matter Day celebrations globally are organised by the Interactions collaboration, whose catchline for the day is “Everyone loves a mystery”. CERN’s celebrations will help shed light on those mysteries by exploring the visible sky, the discovery of 5000 new solar systems, the dark side of the Universe, and many other such intriguing topics. How do we know dark matter is out ther
Astronomers have identified the oldest and most distant fast radio burst (FRB) yet, about eight billion years old, supporting theories on FRBs and their ability to reveal "missing" matter between galaxies. This discovery promises more insights into the Universe's structure with future telescopic adv
WASHINGTON: Astronomers have detected an intense flash of radio waves coming from what looks like a merger of galaxies dating to about 8 billion years ago - the oldest-known instance of a phenomenon.