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The Standard Cosmology Model May Be Breaking
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The Standard Cosmology Model May Be Breaking

Measurements of millions of galaxies suggest that dark energy changes over time and is more complicated than previously thought.   Read More »

Lensing Candidates Stand Out in Euclid Mission’s First Data Release
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Lensing Candidates Stand Out in Euclid Mission’s First Data Release

The Euclid satellite released its first trove of galaxy data based on seven days of deep-field observations in three sky areas.   Read More »

No Easy Fix for Cosmology’s “Other” Tension
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No Easy Fix for Cosmology’s “Other” Tension

The S8 tension—a disagreement between cosmic-clumpiness measurements—is not going away, according to a new analysis of galaxy lensing data.   Read More »

Spotting the Scars of Spacetime
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Spotting the Scars of Spacetime

Scientists have devised a way to use current gravitational-wave detectors to observe permanent deformations of spacetime caused by certain supernovae.   Read More »

Dark Matter at Cosmic Dawn
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Dark Matter at Cosmic Dawn

Low-frequency radio observations could allow researchers to distinguish among several dark matter models, thanks to dark matter’s influence on the early Universe.   Read More »

The Solar System as a Black Hole Detector
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The Solar System as a Black Hole Detector

An asteroid-mass primordial black hole flying near a planet could perturb the planet’s orbit by a detectable amount.   Read More »

Dark Matter Search in Gravitational-Wave Data
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Dark Matter Search in Gravitational-Wave Data

An analysis of gravitational data from the LIGO detector sets new limits on a wave-like form of dark matter called scalar-field dark matter.   Read More »

Cosmic Correlations Show How Visible Matter Shapes the Universe
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Cosmic Correlations Show How Visible Matter Shapes the Universe

A correlation between two astronomical observables reveals the influence of visible matter on a universe dominated by dark matter.   Read More »

One Field to Rule Them All
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One Field to Rule Them All

Theorists explain why cosmic inflation might appear to be driven by a single inflaton field, even if it had actually been driven by two or more such fields.   Read More »

Gravitational-Wave Memory May Illustrate Spacetime Symmetries
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Gravitational-Wave Memory May Illustrate Spacetime Symmetries

Observing gravitational-wave memory may help physicists test general relativity predictions about large-scale symmetries in the fabric of spacetime.   Read More »

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