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The universe had a secret life before the Big Bang, new study hintsThe secrets of black holes and dark matter could lie before the Big Bang, a new study of "bouncing" cosmology hints.
By Andrey Feldman Published
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Why is everything in space always moving?From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that?
By Ashley Hamer Published
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AI uncovers the universe's 'settings' with unprecedented precision, and it could help to resolve the Hubble tensionThe new AI system can estimate cosmological parameters with stunning precision, and it could help astronomers unpick one of the thorniest problems in the field.
By Ben Turner Published
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Gravitational waves hint at a 'supercool' secret about the Big BangScientists might be on track to revealing new facets of physics.
By Robert Lea Published
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Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe's originsThe newly found antiparticle, called antihyperhydrogen-4, could have a potential imbalance with its matter counterpart that may help scientists understand how our universe came to be.
By Ben Turner Published
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Group of ancient stars spotted near the sun could rewrite the Milky Way's historyResearchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.
By Patrick Pester Published
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James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the universe is bursting with way more stars than we thought possibleThe light from the most distant galaxy in the known universe suggests that there's something off about our current cosmological models, a new James Webb Space Telescope study finds. The explanations remain elusive.
By Ben Turner Published
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Astronomers discover the 1st-ever merging galaxy cores at cosmic dawnTwo superluminous quasars, or active black holes at the centers of large galaxies, were found just 900 million years after the Big Bang — the earliest detection of a pair of merging quasars ever seen.
By Ben Turner Published
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'Physics itself disappears': How theoretical physicist Thomas Hertog helped Stephen Hawking produce his final, most radical theory of everythingThomas Hertog tells us how he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on his final theorem — a Darwinian revolution in physics that explains the origin of time.
By Ben Turner Published
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