Physics
Why the big bang was not the beginning
First hints are emerging of a universe that existed before our own: an alien world of chaos where time, space and geometry were yet to form
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Space
Ancient black holes may have made the first stars look cool
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Physics
Truth before beauty: Our universe is uglier than we thought
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Physics
Why 2018 is looking like it will be the year of the black hole
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Physics
Weird particle soup may have formed stars in the early universe
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Physics
Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves
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Physics
Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information
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Physics
Dancing galaxies may shake up our ideas of galaxy formation
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Physics
So long, suckers: Where have all the black holes gone?
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Physics
The universe still seems to be expanding faster than it ought to
The universe is expanding but our measurements of the rate are all over the place and they just got worse, so we can’t tell when the cosmos is going to die
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Physics
The ugly, fractured reality of the cosmos deserves our attention
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Health
The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead
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Physics
Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes
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Physics
Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it
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