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Artist's visualization of two black holes spiraling together, warping spacetime and radiating gravitational waves as concentric ripples.

Cosmology · Gravitational Waves · Black Holes

The Census of Colliding Black Holes

In one release, the number of gravitational-wave detections more than doubled. The fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA catalog turned a handful of collisions into a population, and inside it sat a black hole that should not exist.

July 16, 2026 14 min read LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA · Astrophysical Journal · MIT

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Artist's impression of a rocky exoplanet with a glowing molten surface and a hazy atmosphere, orbiting close to a small red star.

No. 02

Cosmology · Exoplanets · Magma Worlds

The World That Breathes Sulfur

July 14, 202613 min read

Artist's rendering of a cool brown dwarf, a dim reddish sphere with banded cloud layers glowing faintly against the dark of space.

No. 03

Astrophysics · Stellar Evolution · Brown Dwarfs

The Stars That Almost Were

July 9, 202614 min read

Artist's impression of an ESA science spacecraft against the black of space with a planet in the distance.

No. 04

Space Exploration · ESA · Missions

Three Missions That Make 2026 Europe's Year in Space

July 8, 202614 min read

Europa Clipper spacecraft with large solar arrays passing above the cracked, icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

No. 05

Space Exploration · NASA · Ocean Worlds

The Spacecraft Built to Decide If an Alien Ocean Is Habitable

July 7, 202615 min read

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Cosmology

The origin, structure, and ultimate fate of the universe.

Astrophysics

Stars, black holes, neutron stars, and the physics governing them.

Space Exploration

Missions, discoveries, and humanity's reach into the cosmos.

Exoplanets

Worlds beyond our solar system and the search for life.

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Cosmos Unveiled is an independent science publication committed to one thing: making the most profound discoveries in astronomy and cosmology accessible to curious minds, without sacrificing accuracy or depth.

We believe the universe deserves better than simplified summaries. Every article is researched, verified, and written to stand alongside the quality of the science it describes.

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