Astronomers can’t agree on how fast the universe is expanding. New approaches are aiming to break the impasse

The Hubble tension has been described as a “crisis” for cosmology. Can it be resolved?

Alex Hall, Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh • conversation
Sept. 19, 2024 ~12 min

Bridging the heavens and Earth

EAPS PhD student Jared Bryan found a way to use his research on earthquakes to help understand exoplanet migration.

Paige Colley | EAPS • mit
Sept. 17, 2024 ~8 min


A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, MIT study finds

Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 17, 2024 ~9 min

Astronomers are getting better at detecting asteroids before they hit Earth – and it could save us from catastrophe

This month, they spotted just the ninth asteroid to be detected before impact with Earth.

Daniel Brown, Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Sept. 16, 2024 ~7 min

Study: Early dark energy could resolve cosmology’s two biggest puzzles

In the universe’s first billion years, this brief and mysterious force could have produced more bright galaxies than theory predicts.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 13, 2024 ~8 min

Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 12, 2024 ~5 min

Cosmology is at a tipping point – we may be on the verge of discovering new physics

Right now, it looks like the cosmology is at a tipping point.

Andreea Font, Reader in Theoretical Astrophysics, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Sept. 12, 2024 ~13 min

The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew – a former astronaut details what that means for NASA, Boeing and the astronauts still up in space

NASA’s decision to send Starliner’s crew home on a SpaceX capsule will have implications for Boeing, the agency itself and the astronauts still on the space station.

Michael E. Fossum, Vice President, Texas A&M University • conversation
Sept. 7, 2024 ~8 min


The Moon had surprisingly recent volcanic activity, samples from Chinese space mission confirm

Lunar volcanism was thought to have stopped two billion years ago.

Lionel Wilson, Emeritus Professor, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University • conversation
Sept. 6, 2024 ~6 min

Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than any private mission has before

Traveling to space is riskier than many extreme sports − an increase in private missions could mean more civilians taking that risk.

Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona • conversation
Sept. 6, 2024 ~9 min

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