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The Milky Way's 'thick disk' is 2 billion years older than scientists thought
By Brandon Specktor published
Astronomers have found that part of the MIlky Way known as the thick disk is about 2 billion years older than expected, forming just 0.8 billion years after the Big Bang.
Our universe may have a twin that runs backward in time
By Paul Sutter published
A mirror universe that runs backward in time sprouted up before the Big Bang.
Mysteries of Stephen Hawking's doodle-filled blackboard may finally be solved
By Brandon Specktor published
A new museum exhibit hopes to uncover the secrets behind the doodles, in-jokes and coded messages on a blackboard that Stephen Hawking kept for more than 35 years.
We may finally be able to test one of Stephen Hawking's most far-out ideas
By Paul Sutter published
The recently launched James Webb Telescope should help determine if dark matter is made up of primordial black holes.
Weird quantum objects known as Q balls could explain why we exist
By Ashley Hamer published
Bizarre quantum objects called Q balls could explain why the universe if filled with matter and ultimately why we exist.
How real is the multiverse?
By Paul Sutter published
A multiverse may be a natural prediction of the physical theories that define the beginning of the universe.
What is a singularity?
By Paul Sutter published
There are places in the universe where our laws of physics simply break down. These are called singularities.
New gravitational wave detector picks up possible signal from the beginning of time
By Adam Mann published
Physicists turned on a new type of gravitational-wave sensor and saw two intriguing results, but they aren't yet ready to claim a discovery.
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