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A long-standing cosmic mystery is beginning to yield new clues as researchers uncover a strikingly consistent pattern in the ...

Researchers have unveiled a new AI technique, GAME, that sharpens analysis of cosmic data, and a separate theory suggesting microscopic wormholes could explain dark energy. These advances aim to ...

AI sharpens universe map: The CIGaRS framework models supernovae and their environments in detail, enabling precise distance estimates from images alone. Roman targets hidden stars: NASA’s Roman Space ...

A computational approach inspired by the growth patterns of a bright yellow slime mold has enabled a team of astronomers and computer scientists at UC Santa Cruz to trace the filaments of the cosmic ...

Earthly slime mold models have helped astronomers map the cosmic web that connects galaxies throughout the universe. Slime mold, or Physarum polycephalum, is a single-cell organism that builds complex ...

A new analysis of the South Pole-based telescope's cosmic microwave background observations has all but ruled out several popular models of inflation. Physicists looking for signs of primordial ...