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NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Contrary to popular belief, our universe may not be constantly expanding after all. A groundbreaking study by South Korean ...

Physicists are increasingly entertaining a radical possibility: our familiar universe of three dimensions of space and one of ...

The universe looks bright and familiar when we look up at the night sky. We see stars, planets, galaxies, and glowing clouds ...

Some discoveries emerge softly, with no explosions or satisfying conclusions. Astronomers were watching a distant flare from ...

Some questions about the universe can quickly stray away from physics and into the realms of philosophy. What was before the Big Bang? Why is there something and not nothing? Happily some of the ...

A team of scientists thinks the answer is "yes." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The universe could be teaching itself how to ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

The end of the universe has always felt like a distant abstraction. But new calculations suggest that our original timeline might have been wildly optimistic. According to a team of Dutch scientists, ...

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