Everything bends space-time. Sometimes, we can even see this effect – and learn a lot from it.
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Different measures of the rate of the Universe’s expansion give different results – and a new measurement technique only makes matters more complicated.
NASA released five new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing incredible details of ancient galaxies, stars and the presence of water in the atmosphere of a distant planet.
Some black holes are isolated in space and therefore near impossible to detect.
Such a mission could be developed soon, allowing astrophysicists to take selfies of the solar system and use the Sun’s gravity as a lens to peer deep into space.
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Professor of Physics, Director of Astrophysical Sciences and Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology
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