Simone Ferraro

The Universe resembles a sponge with huge pores—voids. Almost devoid of stars, these voids, as astronomers discovered, still harbor a thin gas. Using fast radio bursts, scientists managed to 'weigh' this invisible substance. It turned out to be about one and a half times less than the cosmic average

The moving lens effect bends the oldest light, revealing how galaxies and dark matter glide across the sky. Combined with other signals, it will build a 3D map of cosmic flows, testing gravity and the growth of structure.