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Cosmic Bounce Theory Suggests Black Hole 'Fossils' Could Account for Dark Matter

A peer-reviewed model from University of Portsmouth scientists describes a quantum-driven rebound that lets compact objects survive into today’s universe.

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3w ago

Early-Universe Quasar Defies Models With 13 Times the Eddington Limit, Bright X-Rays and a Radio Jet

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3mo ago

Earliest Superheated Galaxy-Cluster Atmosphere Detected Challenges Formation Models

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4mo ago

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

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4mo ago

JWST Detects Chemical Fingerprint of Primordial 'Monster Stars' in Early Galaxy

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5mo ago

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

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6mo ago

Astronomers Report Most Metal-Poor Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

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7mo ago

Chandra Finds Early Quasar’s Black Hole Growing Beyond the Eddington Limit

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7mo ago

New Model Puts Odds of Spotting an Exploding Primordial Black Hole This Decade at Up to 90%

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8mo ago

JWST Study Points to Earendel Being a Compact Star Cluster

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8mo ago

Gaia DR3 Maps 35,000 Variable Stars Across 1,200 Milky Way Open Clusters

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8mo ago

Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Localized to Dwarf Galaxy at z=2.148

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9mo ago

Supersonic Turbulence Shaped the First Stars, Simulations Show

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9mo ago

HeH+ Ion’s Reactivity Endured at Cryogenic Temperatures, Reframing Early-Star Cooling

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9mo ago

Webb Reveals Binary Interaction in Planetary Nebula NGC 6072 and Detects 2,500 Early Galaxies

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9mo ago

Webb’s 100-Hour Mid-Infrared Survey of Hubble Ultra Deep Field Reveals Ancient Galaxies

Big Bang

Cosmic Bounce Theory Suggests Black Hole 'Fossils' Could Account for Dark Matter

JWST Studies Report Strongest Evidence Yet of Population III Stars Near GN‑z11

Astronomers Identify Most Chemically Pristine Star Ever Observed

Astronomers Find Most Pristine Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

JWST Finds Compact Five-Galaxy Merger From 800 Million Years After the Big Bang

Early-Universe Quasar Defies Models With 13 Times the Eddington Limit, Bright X-Rays and a Radio Jet

Earliest Superheated Galaxy-Cluster Atmosphere Detected Challenges Formation Models

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

JWST Detects Chemical Fingerprint of Primordial 'Monster Stars' in Early Galaxy

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

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Astronomers Report Most Metal-Poor Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

Chandra Finds Early Quasar’s Black Hole Growing Beyond the Eddington Limit

New Model Puts Odds of Spotting an Exploding Primordial Black Hole This Decade at Up to 90%

JWST Study Points to Earendel Being a Compact Star Cluster

Gaia DR3 Maps 35,000 Variable Stars Across 1,200 Milky Way Open Clusters

Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Localized to Dwarf Galaxy at z=2.148

Supersonic Turbulence Shaped the First Stars, Simulations Show

HeH+ Ion’s Reactivity Endured at Cryogenic Temperatures, Reframing Early-Star Cooling

Webb Reveals Binary Interaction in Planetary Nebula NGC 6072 and Detects 2,500 Early Galaxies

Webb’s 100-Hour Mid-Infrared Survey of Hubble Ultra Deep Field Reveals Ancient Galaxies

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