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New Maps to Rein in Cosmic Inflation
We’re about to get a better grasp of one of the biggest ideas in the universe: inflation. The first...
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Higgs Data Reveals Fundamental Structure of Matter
The 12 matter particles we know about are all the types there are, according to researchers analysing CERN data....
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Shedding Light on the Remarkable Properties of Black Holes
Many mysteries surround black holes, but new research led by the Niels Bohr Institute has come up with groundbreaking...
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Ancient Galaxy May Be Most Distant Ever Seen
Astronomers have spotted seven galaxies that existed just a few hundred million years after the universe’s birth, including one...
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When the First Stars Blinked On
As far back in time as astronomers have been able to see, the universe has had some trace of...
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‘The Particle at the End of the Universe’ Gets Real
Caltech physicist Sean Carroll makes the search for the Higgs boson a scientific detective story. At heart is the...
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Farthest Known Galaxy in the Universe Discovered
A new celestial wonder has stolen the title of most distant object ever seen in the universe, astronomers report....
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Dark Energy, Deceleration and the Universe’s Roller Coaster Ride
For the past five billion years, the expansion of the Universe has been speeding up, powered by the mysterious...
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First Stars’ Light Seen Through Extragalactic Fog
Light from the very first stars in the universe has been measured – and there is less of it...
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The Higgs, Boltzmann Brains, and Monkeys Typing Hamlet
Amir D. Aczel blogs about physics and cosmology for Discover’s Crux: If somebody told you that there are angels...