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Latest in Cosmology

A team of Japanese scientists simulated 4,000 entirely new universes to try and understand what happened in the earliest moments of ours.

Science & Energy

Scientists Simulate Thousands of New Universes to Understand How Ours Began

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have long suggested that the arrangement of galaxies through the universe was steered by something called quantum static. Now they can test it.

Quantum Physics

Strange Theory: Entire Universe Structured by “Quantum Static”

By Dan Robitzski

Jim Peebles, who first theorized about dark matter, argues in a new essay that there's still a lot of work to be done in proving his ideas.

The Guy Who Invented Dark Matter Has Some Doubts

By Dan Robitzski

Nobel-winning cosmologist James Peebles argues that we need a better way to describe how the beginning of the universe happened than the "Big Bang."

Science & Energy

Nobel-Winning Scientist: I Have No Idea if the Big Bang Happened

By Dan Robitzski

Cosmologists have long sought to reconcile differences among calculations and observations of how fast the universe is growing. A new idea may explain how.

Bizarre New Theory: Something Tampered With the Early Universe

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new theory, the Big Bang also generated a second "anti-universe" that extended backwards in time, like a mirror image of our own.

New Theory: “Mirror Image” of Our Universe Existed Before Big Bang

By Jon Christian

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New Research Could Challenge Our Fundamental Laws of Physics

A Newly Proposed Space Mission Could Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe

A Newly Proposed Space Mission Could Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe

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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope May Unveil the Secrets of Dark Matter

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New Research May Reconcile General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

We Were Just Thrust Into a New Age in Astronomy

Science & Energy

We Were Just Thrust Into a New Age in Astronomy

By Daniel Barker

Worlds Without End: The Many Kinds of Parallel Universes

Worlds Without End: The Many Kinds of Parallel Universes

By Todd Jaquith

New Research Suggests Dark Energy Might be the Reason Time Runs Forward

New Research Suggests Dark Energy Might be the Reason Time Runs Forward

By Todd Jaquith

Cosmic Catastrophe: No “Big Rip” For at Least Another 2.8 Billion Years

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Cosmic Catastrophe: No “Big Rip” For at Least Another 2.8 Billion Years

By Todd Jaquith

Know Your Scientist: Stephen Hawking

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Know Your Scientist: Stephen Hawking

By Darwin Batinga

A New Era in Physics and Cosmology: Why Gravitational Waves Matter

A New Era in Physics and Cosmology: Why Gravitational Waves Matter

By Todd Jaquith

Red Dwarfs: Meet the Last Stars That Will Burn in the Cosmos

Red Dwarfs: Meet the Last Stars That Will Burn in the Cosmos

Scientists May Have Found a New Tool to Investigate the Origins of the Universe

Science & Energy

Scientists May Have Found a New Tool to Investigate the Origins of the Universe

By Todd Jaquith

Our Universe is Dying: Astronomers Conclude that the Cosmos is Slowly Growing Dark

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Our Universe is Dying: Astronomers Conclude that the Cosmos is Slowly Growing Dark

By Johnathan Fuentes