Cosmology Papers

Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01023-6

Observations have revealed a galaxy that stopped forming stars earlier than expected. This discovery offers clues about when the first galaxies emerged and sheds light on how stars formed when the Universe was in its infancy.

The renowned scientist came up with revolutionary ideas in the 1960s, sparking a 50-year search for evidence.

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01115-3

New results could help to end a long standing disagreement over the rate of cosmic expansion. But scientists say more measurements are needed.

Nature, Published online: 12 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01103-7

Theoretical physicist saw his eponymous particle discovered after 48 years.

The physicist Peter Higgs quietly revolutionised quantum field theory, then lived long enough to see the discovery of the Higgs boson he theorised. Despite receiving a Nobel prize, he remained in some ways as elusive as the particle that shares his name

Science, Volume 384, Issue 6692, Page 144-145, April 2024.

A new way of interpreting the elusive mathematics of quantum mechanics could fundamentally change our understanding of reality

The expansion rate of the universe, measured by the Hubble constant, has been one of the most controversial numbers in cosmology for years, and we seem at last to be close to nailing it down

The standard model of cosmology says that the strength of dark energy should be constant, but tentative hints are emerging that it may have weakened recently

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00903-1

The aspiring astronaut turned theoretical physicist talks travelling, the accelerating expansion of the Universe, thinking beyond three dimensions and detecting gravitational waves.

Gravitons, the particles thought to carry gravity, have never been seen in space – but something very similar has been detected in a semiconductor

Physicists believe a new experiment could prove their existence and answer fundamental questions about our Universe.

Nature, Published online: 22 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00333-z

The Simons Observatory will search for signs of gravitational waves that originated from the Big Bang.

Most physicists believe that only a quantum theory of gravity can fully explain mysteries of the universe like dark matter, but now an idea called "post-quantum gravity" is demonstrating an alternative approach

All known natural phenomena fit into just a few categories and unifying them all is quantum field theory, says physicist Matt Strassler

Nature, Published online: 06 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07227-0

A recently quenched galaxy 700 million years after the Big Bang

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that a distant galaxy stopped forming stars extraordinarily fast, making it the furthest dead galaxy ever spotted

Positronium has the potential to revolutionise physics but the elusive substance had been too hot to handle.

Nature, Published online: 28 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07043-6

An analysis of eight ultra-faint galaxies during the epoch of reionization with absolute magnitudes between −17 mag and −15  mag shows that most of the photons that reionized the Universe come from dwarf galaxies.

Nature, Published online: 28 February 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00594-8

Some of the faintest objects ever observed suggest that small galaxies get the credit for clearing the ‘fog’ pervading the early cosmos.