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The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would ...

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Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity was published more than a century ago and and it could save Earth from a black ...

The mystery of the universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the great enigmas of modern physics. Twenty-five years ago ...

Method could probe whether a key tenet of quantum mechanics applies to gravity, which has so far resisted quantum theory.

The Big Bang theory suggests that the universe began as a hot, dense point, expanding into the cosmos we observe today.

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A galaxy cluster bends light from seven background galaxies around it, letting astronomers peer into space and time ...

On September 26, 2024, NASA observed atmospheric gravity waves generated by Hurricane Helene over Florida. This data, ...

A decade after the discovery of the “amplituhedron,” physicists have excavated more of the timeless geometry underlying the ...

How did everything begin? It's a question that humans have pondered for thousands of years. Over the last century or so, science has homed in on an answer: the Big Bang.