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Why is everything in space always moving?
By Ashley Hamer published
From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that?
AI uncovers the universe's 'settings' with unprecedented precision, and it could help to resolve the Hubble tension
By Ben Turner published
The new AI system can estimate cosmological parameters with stunning precision, and it could help astronomers unpick one of the thorniest problems in the field.
Gravitational waves hint at a 'supercool' secret about the Big Bang
By Robert Lea published
Scientists might be on track to revealing new facets of physics.
Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe's origins
By Ben Turner published
The newly found antiparticle, called antihyperhydrogen-4, could have a potential imbalance with its matter counterpart that may help scientists understand how our universe came to be.
Group of ancient stars spotted near the sun could rewrite the Milky Way's history
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.
James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the universe is bursting with way more stars than we thought possible
By Ben Turner published
The light from the most distant galaxy in the known universe suggests that there's something off about our current cosmological models, a new James Webb Space Telescope study finds. The explanations remain elusive.
Astronomers discover the 1st-ever merging galaxy cores at cosmic dawn
By Ben Turner published
Two superluminous quasars, or active black holes at the centers of large galaxies, were found just 900 million years after the Big Bang — the earliest detection of a pair of merging quasars ever seen.
'Physics itself disappears': How theoretical physicist Thomas Hertog helped Stephen Hawking produce his final, most radical theory of everything
By Ben Turner published
Thomas Hertog tells us how he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on his final theorem — a Darwinian revolution in physics that explains the origin of time.
James Webb telescope finds carbon at the dawn of the universe, challenging our understanding of when life could have emerged
By Ben Turner published
The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues.
James Webb telescope discovers earliest galaxy in the known universe — and its shockingly big
By Brandon Specktor published
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the two earliest, most distant galaxies in the known universe, dating to just 300 million years after the Big Bang. The detection of even earlier galaxies is likely to follow.
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