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Joseph Shavit
Jan 4, 2023
Harvard and Cambridge scientists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say that there is a clear, unambiguous signal in the cosmos which could eliminate inflation as a possibility.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 23, 2022
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom into an aging star
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 23, 2022
Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf star discovery could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets.
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![Harvard and Cambridge astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_59f4672098d744d28ffdd3ae06aa46a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_59f4672098d744d28ffdd3ae06aa46a8~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022
Harvard and Cambridge astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say that there is a clear, unambiguous signal in the cosmos which could eliminate inflation as a possibility.
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![Scientists discover what is hidden inside the heart of a black hole](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_f83b86f85de64263a6d51f4b423a579c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_f83b86f85de64263a6d51f4b423a579c~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Nov 29, 2022
Scientists discover what is hidden inside the heart of a black hole
The black hole’s gravity, which exists in three dimensions, mathematically connects to the particles dancing above it, which exist in 2D.
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![Astrophysicists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_20c7af01321a47ba89eb403249d1d5e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_20c7af01321a47ba89eb403249d1d5e3~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Nov 22, 2022
Astrophysicists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most common type of star in the universe — appears to have no atmosphere at all.
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Joseph Shavit
Nov 12, 2022
The earth-sun distance found to dramatically alter seasons
An unrecognized effect boosts or diminishes the Pacific cold tongue, likely impacting El Niño/La Niña events and North American weather
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Joseph Shavit
Nov 5, 2022
Harvard astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
The signal – known as the cosmic graviton background (CGB) – can be detected, although it will be a massive technical challenge.
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Joseph Shavit
Nov 2, 2022
Our universe has an antiuniverse twin that extends backwards in time before the big bang
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang per physicists in Canada.
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Joseph Shavit
Oct 29, 2022
Scientists discover what is hidden inside a black hole
Physicist Enrico Rinaldi, has used quantum computing and computer learning to describe what is believed to be the interior of a black hole.
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Joseph Shavit
Oct 12, 2022
Astronomers at MIT find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet
Two stars in a binary system 3,000 light years from Earth are orbiting each other so closely that one of the stars has burnt out.
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Joseph Shavit
Oct 2, 2022
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time
Standard cosmological models tell us that the universe – space, time and mass/energy – exploded into existence some 14 billion years ago.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 21, 2022
Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon
Swirling around the planet’s equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a tilt.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 7, 2022
Does outer space end or is it infinite? Scientists weigh in
If you could keep going out, as far as you wanted, would you just keep passing by galaxies forever? Are there an infinite number of galaxies
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 30, 2022
Astrophysicists discover what lurks inside a black hole
Scientists relied on the holographic principle, which suggests that the two existing theories – particles and gravity – are equivalent.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 16, 2022
Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
In the last 25 years, astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around stars in our galaxy, but more than 99% of them orbit small stars
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 10, 2022
Stars determine their own masses
Northwestern University launched STARFORGE, a project that produces the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star formations
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 9, 2022
40 year old mystery regarding light and black holes finally solved
In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 2, 2022
Our universe has an antimatter twin on the opposite side of the Big Bang
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang.
![Scientists discover what lurks inside a black hole](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_3d1fb047cf26473081e261c92f24ea4e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/95ac29_3d1fb047cf26473081e261c92f24ea4e~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Jul 30, 2022
Scientists discover what lurks inside a black hole
The black hole’s gravity, which exists in three dimensions, mathematically connects to the particles dancing above it, which exist in 2D.
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