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Can scientists make a universe from nothing?
Zeeya Merali is a science writer and author of A Big Bang in a Little Room. She also edits the…
Read More »This ‘Human Computer’ Created a System for Measuring Vast Distances in Our Universe
Attention Is Discovery, visual artist Anna Von Mertens’s thoughtful new exploration of astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt, describes and illuminates Leavitt’s…
Read More »‘Webb has shown us they are clearly wrong’: How astrophysicist Sophie Koudami’s research on supermassive black holes is rewriting the history of our universe
A supermassive mystery lurks at the center of the Milky Way. Supermassive black holes are gigantic ruptures in space-time that…
Read More »Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?
The universe is full of matter Mohd. Afuza/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each…
Read More »‘Fastest-feeding’ black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?
The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA’s James Webb Space…
Read More »‘Cosmic inflation’: did the early cosmos balloon in size? A mirror universe going backwards in time may be a simpler explanation
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.…
Read More »Black holes could be driving the expansion of the universe, new study suggests
Astronomers may have found tantalizing evidence that dark energy — the mysterious energy driving the accelerating expansion of our universe…
Read More »The Universe in 100 Colors Provides a Stunning Tour through Science
October 31, 2024 2 min read The Universe in 100 Colors Provides a Stunning Tour through Science A science photo…
Read More »James Webb telescope finds 1st possible ‘failed stars’ beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have peeked over the Milky Way’s back fence and found that there’s…
Read More »Pazyryk Swan: A 2,300-year-old plush swan from Siberia tied to the ‘creation of the universe’
Name: The Pazyryk Swan What it is: An ornamental plush figurine of a swan made from reindeer felt and filled…
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