The universe is still expanding at an accelerating rate, but it may have slowed down recently compared to a few billion years ago, early results from the most precise measurement of its evolution yet suggested Thursday.
Astronomy
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An experiment conducted in Italy, with theory support from Newcastle University, has produced the first experimental evidence of vacuum decay.
Condensed Matter
Jan 22, 2024
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Stepping inside Erin Adams' lab at the University of Chicago is a bit overstimulating.
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2024
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The universe is big, as Douglas Adams would say.
Astronomy
Sep 11, 2023
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A University of Hawaiʻi-led discovery of an immense bubble 820 million light years from Earth is believed to be a fossil-like remnant of the birth of the universe. Astronomer Brent Tully from the UH Institute for Astronomy ...
Astronomy
Sep 5, 2023
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In the 1960s, astronomers began noticing a pervasive microwave background visible in all directions. Thereafter known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the existence of this relic radiation confirmed the Big Bang ...
Astronomy
Apr 21, 2023
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Interest in the multiverse theory, suggesting that our universe is just one of many, spiked following the release of the movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once." The film follows Evelyn Wang on her journey to connect with ...
General Physics
Mar 22, 2023
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It's easy to envisage other universes, governed by slightly different laws of physics, in which no intelligent life, nor indeed any kind of organized complex systems, could arise. Should we therefore be surprised that a universe ...
General Physics
Mar 15, 2023
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Scientists who study the cosmos have a favorite philosophy known as the "mediocrity principle," which, in essence, suggests that there's really nothing special about Earth, the sun or the Milky Way galaxy compared to the ...
Astronomy
Jun 3, 2022
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A team of scientists has predicted the science return from one of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's groundbreaking planned surveys, which will analyze millions of galaxies strewn across space and time. The mission's ...
Astronomy
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