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4 bizarre Stephen Hawking theories that turned out to be right (and 6 we're not sure about)
By Andrew May published
Countdown Some of Hawking's theories revolutionized the way we view the universe, but others still leave scientists scratching their heads.

Our universe might be a giant three-dimensional donut, really.
By Paul Sutter published
Astrophysicists say our universe might be shaped like a three-dimensional donut, meaning you could point a spaceship in one direction and eventually return to where you started.

How many atoms are in the observable universe?
By Harry Baker published
Atoms are the building blocks of all matter in the universe, but how many are there in the part of it we can see from Earth?

Rare 'hypernova' explosion detected on fringes of the Milky Way for the first time
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers found evidence of an elusive magneto-rotational hypernova explosion for the first time ever.

How fast does the Earth move?
By JoAnna Wendel published
Our planet is constantly moving, racing around the sun and spinning on its axis. But how fast does it move?

Astronomers discover largest-known spinning structures in the universe
By Charles Q. Choi published
Tendrils of galaxies up to hundreds of millions of light-years long may be the largest spinning objects in the universe, a new study finds.

'Giant arc' stretching 3.3 billion light-years across the cosmos shouldn't exist
By Adam Mann published
How big is too big?

Did a dark energy discovery just prove Einstein wrong? Not quite.
By Paul Sutter published
The Dark Energy Survey just released its most comprehensive results. But did they really prove Einstein wrong?
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