Jun 28, 2023
Top quark has a field day in this episode with a model for fuzzy dark matter, new data that could shed light on dark energy, and a cool x-ray echo from the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Closer to home, we take a look at how JWST is helping us determine if exoplanets have comfortable greenhouse...
Jun 21, 2023
New analysis of radioisotopes of meteorites and the Earth suggest the Earth formed in only a few million years via a process called pebble accretion. This may mean the Earth’s water was incorporated early and gradually rather than through late impacts. Recent determinations of the historical length of the Earth’s...
Jun 14, 2023
There’s a bright supernova in a nearby galaxy, and a very distant supernova made brighter by the beauty of gravitational lensing. In another galaxy, a gargantuan black hole is revealed to be orbited by another supermassive black hole, resulting in a gamma ray flares as it rips through the main black hole’s accretion...