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![How big is the universe? Does outer space have an end?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_2e9ca36021764cd7bd5c69e942d7169d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_2e9ca36021764cd7bd5c69e942d7169d~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Nov 7, 2022
How big is the universe? Does outer space have an end?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to outer space – and then keep going? What would you find?
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![Harvard astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_b3c7453bd1844f28aeba3b72a12a192b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_b3c7453bd1844f28aeba3b72a12a192b~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Nov 5, 2022
Harvard astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
The signal – known as the cosmic graviton background (CGB) – can be detected, although it will be a massive technical challenge.
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![Our universe has an antiuniverse twin that extends backwards in time before the big bang](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_1bbbf076712947a09620f32047c5a431~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_1bbbf076712947a09620f32047c5a431~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Nov 2, 2022
Our universe has an antiuniverse twin that extends backwards in time before the big bang
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang per physicists in Canada.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 3, 2022
Physicists open a portal to an unexplored realm of quantum magnetism
Unless an alien civilization is doing experiments like these right now, this experiment is making the coldest fermions in the universe.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 13, 2022
Does the universe expand and contract in infinite cycles?
Some cosmological models propose that the universe expands and contracts in infinite cycles, but new research finds a crucial flaw
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 2, 2022
Our universe has an antimatter twin on the opposite side of the Big Bang
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang.
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Joseph Shavit
Apr 24, 2022
Moon-based telescopes could explain the birth of our universe
Earth-based telescopes that look that far back to the big bang (BB) 13.8 billion years ago are unable to resolve the relevant details.
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Joseph Shavit
Apr 21, 2022
What is Dark Data and what can Dark Energy teach us about it?
The more humanity tries to do more with data, the more it’s evident that the most urgent questions won’t get answered easily.
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Joshua Shavit
Apr 16, 2022
Breaking news from the dawn of the universe
Researchers have identified a distant object with properties that lie in-between those of a galaxy and those of a so-called quasar.
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Joseph Shavit
Apr 8, 2022
Scientists have spotted the farthest galaxy ever
An international team of astronomers has spotted the most distant astronomical object ever: a galaxy some 13.5 billion light-years away.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 23, 2022
MIT physicists first to detect exotic 'X' particles from the 'Big Bang'
In the chaos before the Big Bang cooled, a fraction of the quarks and gluons collided randomly to form short-lived "X" particles.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 23, 2021
Cosmic Dawn answers astronomy's greatest cosmic mysteries
For astronomers, the ability to observe the Cosmic Dawn represents an opportunity to answer the most enduring cosmic mysteries.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
NASA's next space telescope to launch in December
The James Webb Space Telescope, which astronomers hope will herald a new era of discovery, will launch on December 18, 2021.
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