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Armagh astronomer gets 2million Euro funding to explore one of the great questions of the birth of the universe
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (577+ words) An astronomer based at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) has been awarded funding of two million euro to investigate how the first stars in the universe “switched on the lights” following the Big Bang. Professor Jorick Vink said the European…...
AI System AMBer Explores Neutrino Mass Models
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (506+ words) SFL Educational News Service The Core Concept: The Autonomous Model Builder (AMBer) is an artificial intelligence system that autonomously designs theoretical particle physics models to help explain the non-zero mass and behavior of neutrinos. Why It Matters: Explaining why neutrinos…...
Astronomers Kept Waiting for the Milky Way's Black Hole to Consume This Object, It Stayed Intact
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (396+ words) What happens when an object ventures dangerously close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole? A new study has delivered an answer that challenges years of scientific expectations, For years, researchers monitored these objects expecting at least some of them…...
Physicists recreate black hole energy extraction in the lab
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (46+ words) Researchers have recreated the physics of extracting energy from a spinning black hole using a stationary device that produces synthetic ultrafast rotation. The achievement transforms a long-standing theoretical idea into a practical experiment and could inspire new advances in optics,…...
Skywatch: The stellar circle of life, part one: A star is born – Twin Cities
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (806+ words) Skywatch: The stellar circle of life, part one: A star is born Pioneer Press Every so often I like to go into more detail about the life and times of stars we see night after night provided clouds don’t get…...
NI astronomer secures grant to investigate how first stars lit up universe
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (638+ words) Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, The Most Reverend John McDowell who also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Governors at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) and AOP senior astronomer Professor Jorick…...
Armagh astronomer secures grant to investigate how first stars lit up universe
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (729+ words) An astronomer based at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) has been awarded funding of two million euro to investigate how the first stars in the universe “switched on the lights” following the Big Bang. Professor Jorick Vink said the European…...
Is the Universe Getting Bigger?
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (1030+ words) The stretching has been going on ever since the Big Bang, around 13.8 billion years ago. Galaxies, stars, planets, and people are not themselves growing. It is the space between galaxies that keeps stretching, while gravity holds everything inside them bound…...
New Cosmology Book Challenges Science’s Biggest Assumptions, Proposing the Big Bang is Still Happening Today
12+ hour, 29+ min ago (65+ words) Scott Coop © 2026 Barchart.com, Inc. All market data is hosted and powered by Barchart. Information presented is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes, not for trading purposes or advice, and is delayed. No representations are made by Barchart as…...
New measurement brings us closer to understanding the Universe’s rate of expansion
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (613+ words) An artists conception of the GW170817 afterglow being observed by an antenna of the Very Large Array. The jet of material launched away from the merging neutron stars causes a radio glow as it interacts with the surrounding gas, which moves…...