This MIRI image from JWST data shows the central portion of the star-forming region N79, which is now known to house…
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Ask Ethan: Why doesn’t dark matter collapse due to gravity? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Feb, 2025
Galaxies can be found along, nearby, and within cosmic filaments. There is often both neutral and ionized matter within the haloes…
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JWST shocks the world with colliding neutron star discovery | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Feb, 2025
The Universe itself, through a variety of nuclear processes involving stars and stellar remnants, as well as other means, can naturally…
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Ask Ethan: How are the heaviest elements of all made? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
The elements of the periodic table, and where they originate, are detailed in this image above. While most elements originate primarily…
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The tiniest, most isolated galaxies grow unstoppably | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
The nearby dwarf galaxy Leo P, whose individual blue stars are clearly visible, was imaged by JWST in order to resolve…
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Ask Ethan: What are the biggest JWST discoveries so far? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
This side-by-side view of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 shows the MIRI (left) and NIRCam (right) views of this region from JWST.…
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Protons: made of quarks, but ruled by gluons | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
The proton isn’t just made of three valence quarks, but rather contains a substructure that is an intricate and dynamic system…
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What’s hotter than the hottest stars in the Universe? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
The galaxy Centaurus A is the closest example of an active galaxy to Earth, with its high-energy jets caused by electromagnetic…
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Ask Ethan: How do photons mediate both attraction and repulsion? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
Today, Feynman diagrams are used in calculating every fundamental interaction spanning the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces, including in high-energy and…
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25 year update on the “Millennium problems” in physics | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
The idea that the forces, particles, and interactions that we see today are only part of a grander, larger-dimensional structure is…