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Cosmic knots in the Big Bang

Why Does Our Universe Have 3 Dimensions?

By Nancy Atkinson published

Physicists have a new scenario of the universe's expansion at the Big Bang that may explain why our universe has three large spatial dimensions.

A single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Comet 67P Produces Its Own Oxygen in Deep Space

By Nancy Atkinson published

The finding shows that oxygen can be generated in space without the need for life, and could influence how researchers search for signs of life on exoplanets.

Dark matter filaments bridge the space between galaxies in this false color map. The locations of bright galaxies are shown by the white regions and the presence of a dark matter filament bridging the galaxies is shown in red.

Captured: First 'Image' of the Dark Matter That Holds Universe Together

By Nancy Atkinson published

Researchers have produced what they say is the first composite image of a dark matter filament that connects galaxies across the cosmos.

Black holes colliding

The Mystery of How Black Holes Collide and Merge Is Beginning to Unravel

By Nancy Atkinson published

A new study pursues a kind of “paleontology” for gravitational waves in an attempt to explain how and why black holes collide and merge.

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