Flip News — astrophysics news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/astrophysics/ The latest Flip News stories on astrophysics. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:22 GMT Canada's CHIME telescope detects the universe's hydrogen glow on its own, opening a new way to study dark energy https://flipnews.co.uk/science/chime-hydrogen-glow-dark-energy-autocorrelation/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/chime-hydrogen-glow-dark-energy-autocorrelation/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:48:00 GMT The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment has made the first standalone detection of the 21 cm hydrogen signal from when the universe was five billion years old, proving it can probe dark energy without costly galaxy surveys. Priya Raman CHIME dark energy radio astronomy Canada astrophysics cosmology UBC News / The Astrophysical Journal NASA selects PRIMA far-infrared telescope as first mission in new Probe Explorers class https://flipnews.co.uk/science/nasa-prima-far-infrared-telescope/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/nasa-prima-far-infrared-telescope/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT NASA has selected PRIMA, a far-infrared space telescope, as the first mission in its new Probe Explorers class, targeting a 2033 launch on a five-year mission capped at $1.2 billion. Priya Raman NASA space telescope astrophysics NASA