Dark matter could be made of black holes

Flicking through the pages of BBC Sky at Night Magazine each month, you’d be forgiven for thinking astronomers have black holes pinned down. Whether it’s the dramatic imaging of black hole shadows by

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

Time has occupied the greatest minds for centuries and we’re still none the wiser about its absolute nature. Although there’s nothing in physics that says time must flow in a certain direction, nor pr

Long ignored by scientists, cosmic dust is becoming an increasingly important field of study

The Doc is nostalgic for a time when ‘feel’ trumped fact

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