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Space Blocs: The future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on Earth
By Svetla Ben-Itzhak published
Even during times of conflict on the ground, space has historically been an arena of collaboration among nations. But trends in the past decade suggest the nature of cooperation in space is shifting.
A 79-year-old mathematician may have just solved an infinite dimension puzzle that's vexed theorists for decades
By Nathan Brownlowe published
Mathematician Per Enflo, who solved a huge chunk of the 'invariant subspaces problem' decades ago, may have just finished his work.
A dynamic form of dark energy may explain strange radiation signal from the early universe
By Paul Sutter published
We may have already found evidence of an evolving, dynamic kind of dark energy, in the form of the radiation emitted when the first stars appeared in the universe.
The Euclid spacecraft will transform how we view the 'dark universe'
By Robert Nichol published
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid satellite completed the first part of its long journey into space on May 1, 2023, when it arrived in Florida on a boat from Italy.
AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries about the universe faster than ever before
By Chris Impey published
AI has now spread into every field of astronomy and is helping astronomers learn more about the universe at an astonishing rate.
Building telescopes on the moon could transform astronomy – and it's becoming an achievable goal
By Ian Crawford published
Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies – and increasingly by commercial companies – are set to visit the moon by the end of this decade.
Is the US in a space race against China?
By Svetla Ben-Itzhak published
Headlines proclaiming the rise of a new "space race" between the U.S. and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent years.
Tiny primordial black holes could have created their own Big Bang
By Paul Sutter published
A large population of small black holes could have flooded the young cosmos with particles and radiation, creating their own black hole-powered Big Bang, physicists propose in a new paper.
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