Scientific research is based on the relationship between the reality of nature, as it is observed, and a representation of this reality, formulated by a theory in mathematical language. If all the consequences of the theory ...
Astronomy
May 26, 2020
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Finding the hypothetical particle axion could mean finding out for the first time what happened in the Universe a second after the Big Bang, suggests a new study published in Physical Review D on June 7.
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2021
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The laws of physics underlying everyday life are, at one level of description, completely known, and can be summarized in a single elegant—if quite complex—equation. That's the claim physicist Sean Carroll, an SFI Fractal ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 17, 2022
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"Look at this," says Erica's message. She is poring over the very first images from the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Astronomy
Feb 25, 2023
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Recent observations have shown that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of each galaxy. However, what is the origin of these supermassive black holes? It is still a mystery today. An international research team ...
Astronomy
Mar 11, 2021
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The mystery of how the first quasars in the universe formed—something that has baffled scientists for nearly 20 years—has now been solved by a team of astrophysicists whose findings are published in Nature.
Astronomy
Jul 6, 2022
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Anthropologists at the University of Oxford have discovered what they believe to be seven universal moral rules.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2019
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Almost 400 years ago, in "The Assayer," Galileo wrote: "Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe … [But the book] is written in the language of mathematics." He was much more than an astronomer, and this can ...
Mathematics
Apr 11, 2022
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University of California astronomers, including three from UCLA, have resolved a mystery about the early universe and its first galaxies.
Astronomy
Aug 14, 2018
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Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that do not need to emerge from a star remnant. The production of black holes in the early universe, formed in this manner, ...
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2019
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