HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

From The Lab: Paris Observatory's role in building the world's biggest telescope

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which is currently being built in the Atacama desert in Chile, will be the biggest telescope ever built.Its primary mirror will be 39 metres in diameter, which is slightly less than the size of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, while it's main structure will…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 20, 2023

On A Cosmic Scale, The Universe Is Quite Small — This Could Transform Our Understanding Of It

A new paper argues that the observable Universe is mostly all there is.

Inverse · Sep 18, 2023

Rare and dazzling cosmic explosion spotted by researchers

The explosion, which outshines most supernovae in the universe, was spotted by researchers at the Queen’s University, Belfast.

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Astronomers see ancient galaxies flickering in slow motion due to expanding space

According to our best understanding of physics, the fact space is expanding should influence the apparent flow of time, with the distant Universe appearing to run in slow motion.

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2023

Science This Week | Euclid telescope blasts off to study the ‘dark’ universe, physics helps in understanding hate groups and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

The Hindu · Jul 2, 2023

"'We Came Here to Exclude the Negro. Nothing Short of This Will Answer.'"

From Justice Jackson's opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from the denial of certiorari today in Harness v. Watson: The President of the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention said it plain: "Let us tell the truth if it bursts the bottom of the Universe … We came here to exclude the…

Reason · Jun 30, 2023

India’s largest radio telescope plays vital role in detecting universe’s vibrations

An international team of astronomers from India, Japan and Europe has published the results from monitoring pulsars, called ‘nature’s best clocks’, by using six of the world’s most sensitive radio telescopes, including India’s largest telescope, the Pune-based uGMRT.

The Hindu · Jun 29, 2023

The universe is rippling with a faint 'gravitational wave background' created by colliding black holes, huge international study suggests

A 15-year search reveals the first evidence of a cosmic 'gravitational wave background' emitted by ancient, colliding black holes.

LiveScience · Jun 29, 2023

Using a detector the size of a galaxy, astronomers find strongest evidence yet for gravitational waves from supermassive black hole pairs

When black holes and other enormously massive, dense objects whirl around one another, they send out ripples in space and time called gravitational waves. These waves are one of the few ways we have to study the enigmatic cosmic giants that create them.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023

Cosmological models are built on a simple, century-old idea -- but new observations demand a radical rethink

Our ideas about the Universe are based on a century-old simplification known as the cosmological principle. It suggests that when averaged on large scales, the Cosmos is homogeneous and matter is distributed evenly throughout.

The Conversation · Jun 28, 2023