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November 18, 2024

We Finally Know Where Black Holes Get Their Magnetic Fields: Their Parents By Jane Beaufore

3D rendering of a rapidly spinning black hole's accretion disk and a resulting black hole-powered jet

October 21, 2024

Betelgeuse Betelgeuse? Bright Star Betelgeuse Likely Has a ‘Betelbuddy’ Stellar Companion By Jane Beaufore

graphic of Betelbuddy for press

October 07, 2024

Space Probe Proposed by Team Including CCA Scientist Reaches Final Round of $1 Billion NASA Mission Selection By Jane Beaufore

PRIMA probe graphic

August 26, 2024

Astrophysicists Use AI to Precisely Calculate Universe’s ‘Settings’ By Thomas Sumner

August 22, 2024

New Detectable Gravitational Wave Source From Collapsing Stars Predicted From Simulations Mara Johnson-Groh

August 19, 2024

Hyped Signal of Decaying Dark Matter Vanishes in Updated Analysis By Jane Beaufore

July 17, 2024

Colossal Planet in Rare Orbit Offers Clues to Origins of ‘Hot Jupiters’

An illustration of a gas planet next to a star.

April 30, 2024

Citizen Scientists Help Discover Record-Breaking Exoplanet in Binary Star System By Mara Johnson-Groh

An illustration of a large gas planet with a large star in the background, a smaller star to one side and another small exoplanet to the other side.