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Topic: Universe

Universe starscape 3D illustration with colorful soundwave. (Getty Images / EzumeImages)

Space is noisy. We just can't hear it

Elizabeth Hlavinka
The Universe Observing Itself (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How reality is shaped by our observation

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Massive black holes in nebula (Getty Images/ sakkmesterke)

Why dark matter's mysteries persist

Elizabeth Hlavinka
This image of NGC 5468, a galaxy located about 130 million light-years from Earth, combines data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam G. Riess (JHU, STScI))

James Webb challenges cosmic theories

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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The black hole in this record-breaking quasar is growing in mass by the equivalent of one Sun per day, making it the fastest-growing black hole to date. (European Southern Observatory)

Compact galaxies are masters of disguise

Fabio Pacucci - The Conversation
A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light. (EHT Collaboration)

Black hole pic reveals Milky Way enigma

Rae Hodge
Spinning Galaxy (Getty Images/cokada)

Singing the ancient hymn of the Big Bang

Rae Hodge
Multiverse, concept (Getty Images/VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

We're living in a Groundhog Day universe

Troy Farah
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Rick and Morty | Loki (Photo illustration by Salon/Adult Swim/Marvel Studios)

Do we live in a multiverse?

Matthew Rozsa
Meteorite in orbit (Getty Images)

Unlocking a meteorite's ancient clues

Matthew Rozsa
This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. (ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org)

These dancing planets are in resonance

Matthew Rozsa
Time, eternity and the universe (Getty Images)

Universe is 13.77 billion years young

Matthew Rozsa
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Milky Way Galaxy (Getty Images)

A new atlas of the universe

Matthew Rozsa
Full-Sky Map Of Cosmic Background Radiation, A Full-Sky Map Produced By The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (Wmap) Showing Cosmic Background Radiation, A Very Uniform Glow Of Microwaves Emitted By The Infant Universe More Than 13 Billion Years Ago. (Getty Images)

What are "leftover" black holes?

Matthew Rozsa
Image of a cluster of galaxies from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (NASA)

The first galaxies in the universe

Nicole Karlis
Hubble Ultra Deep Field conceptualized as a sphere (Nasa/Salon)

Why the universe may end with a crunch

Nicole Karlis
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(Getty/ClaudioVentrella)

Mapping dark matter

Keith A. Spencer
(Associated Press)

Joanna Rothkopf

Aja Romano - The Daily Dot

Sarah Gray
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Sarah Wolfe - GlobalPost

Sarah Gray

Physics overthrows itself

Laura Miller

Sarah Fecht - Popular Science
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