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A new map of the dark matter made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. 探花直播orange regions show where there is more mass; purple where there is less. 探花直播typical features are hundreds of millions of light years across. 探花直播grey/white shows where contaminating light from dust in our Milky Way galaxy, measured by the Planck satellite, obscures a deeper view.

New findings that map the universe鈥檚 cosmic growth support Einstein鈥檚 theory of gravity

11 Apr 2023

A new image reveals the most detailed map of dark matter distributed across a quarter of the entire sky, reaching deep into the cosmos.

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Image from Newton鈥檚 own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica

Sir Isaac Newton鈥檚 Cambridge papers added to UNESCO鈥檚 Memory of the World Register

01 Dec 2017

探花直播Cambridge papers of Sir Isaac Newton, including early drafts and Newton鈥檚 annotated copies of Principia Mathematica 鈥� a work that changed the...

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Supermassive black holes.

A force to be reckoned with

27 Nov 2017

Gravity is one of the universe's great mysteries. We decided to find out why. Think you know what gravity is? Think again. New research is revealing...

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First detection of gravitational waves and light produced by colliding neutron stars

16 Oct 2017

In a galaxy far away, two dead stars begin a final spiral into a massive collision. 探花直播resulting explosion unleashes a huge burst of energy, sending...

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Planets similar to Jupiter are likely able to form on orbits shorter than the Earth鈥檚

15 Jul 2016

After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the 探花直播 of Toronto, and of the 探花直播 of Cambridge...

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Gravitational vortex provides new way to study matter close to a black hole

12 Jul 2016

An international team of astronomers has proved the existence of a 鈥榞ravitational vortex鈥� around a black hole, solving a mystery that has eluded...

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Computer simulations motivated by GW150914

Using gravitational waves to catch runaway black holes

30 Jun 2016

Black holes are the most powerful gravitational force in the Universe. So what could cause them to be kicked out of their host galaxies? Cambridge...

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Opinion: Inside Big Ben: why the world鈥檚 most famous clock will soon lose its bong

04 May 2016

Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses the mechanism that makes Big Ben chime, and why it needs repairing.

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Priceless treasures: in a shot commissioned to celebrate Cambridge 探花直播 Library鈥檚 600th anniversary, Professor Stephen Hawking is pictured with Newton鈥檚 annotated first edition of Principia Mathematica. Credit: Graham CopeKoga

Understanding gravity - from Newton to Hawking

29 Apr 2016

探花直播most important publication in the history of science 鈥� Isaac Newton鈥檚 own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica 鈥� and other seminal works by...

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Trinity College clock

Opinion: 探花直播remarkable accuracy of the Trinity College clock 鈥� and what makes it tick

06 Apr 2016

Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses the history of the Trinity College clock and how it keeps time.

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