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Inside The Largest Simulation Of The Universe Ever Created
Simulating Matter Distribution Across The CosmosJoe Insley and the HACC team, Argonne National Laboratory.Imagine being asked to solve a complex algebra problem that is roughly 95 percent variables and...
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The Same Laws That Govern Your Brain's Development May Also Control The...
Universal StructureNASA/ESA/Hubble Space TelescopeThis composite image from the Chandra and Hubble space telescopes shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745 (MACS J0717, for short), where...
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Scientists Send A Cloud Of Atoms Plunging Below Absolute Zero
Going NegativeLMU/MPQ MunichAtoms distributed in a thermal system.Absolute zero--that's zero degrees Kelvin, or -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit--is understood by textbook definition to be the absolute...
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Faraway Quasar Group Is The Largest Structure In The Universe
The Largest Structure In The UniverseESO/M. KornmesserAnd the brightest. Artist's rendering, of course.Behold, the largest structure in the universe. An international team of astronomers has discovered...
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New Map Shows The Oldest Light In Our Universe
Cosmic Microwave Background, As Of March 2013ESA/Planck CollaborationThis map shows the oldest light in our universe, as detected with the greatest precision yet by the Planck mission. The ancient...
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Gravitational Waves: Einstein Was Right, Again, Maybe
Bang! Supernova SN 2006gyNasa/CXC/M. WeissWhat's the latest cosmology gossip? According to the Guardian, the field is awash with rumors that next week, American scientists will announce the detection...
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Ask Anything: What's The Hottest Temperature Possible?
Open up, SunJason SchneiderIt’s easy to understand the theoretical minimum temperature: absolute zero. The absolute maximum, on the other hand, is squirrely. “We just don’t know whether we can take...
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My God, It's Full of Dust
Using a powerful radio telescope and a little help from a gravitational lens, Darach Watson (University of Copenhagen) and Kirsten Knudsen (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) were able get a...
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Dust to Dust
Stars have always fascinated me to no end. Our sun is a giant roiling furnace that gives life to everything on Earth. Even in their death throes, stars manage to create, as new generations are born...
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If Earth Were Swallowed By A Black Hole, We Might Not Even Notice
A Black Hole In The Dwarf Galaxy M60-UCD1NASA, ESA, STScI-PRC14-41aBlack holes get a bad rap. Sure, they're the dark, unknown, unforgiving vacuum cleaners of space. But a new study suggests they may...
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Earth May Wear An Invisible Fur Coat Made Of Dark Matter
Illustration of Earth coated in dark matter filamentsNASA/JPL-CaltechRegular matter--the stuff that makes up everything humans have ever seen or felt--makes up just 5 percent of the universe. The rest...
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Largest Map Ever Made Will Unlock The History Of The Universe
Space 1.2 million galaxies A telescope made a big map of the universe.
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Dust to Dust
From Our Blogs: Boxplot A life cycle of stars Where do stars come from? This handy infographic follows a star from beginning to end to beginning all over again. Where do stars come from? This handy...
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If Earth Were Swallowed By A Black Hole, We Might Not Even Notice
Space That's the latest theory, at least Black holes get a bad rap. Sure, they're the dark, unknown, unforgiving vacuum cleaners of space. But a new study suggests they may not be all doom and gloom...
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Earth May Wear An Invisible Fur Coat Made Of Dark Matter
Space Mysterious substance may form hairs that are hundreds of thousands of miles long A scientist has calculated that a planet’s gravity could give dark matter a hair-like shape. A scientist has...
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Largest Map Ever Made Will Unlock The History Of The Universe
Space 1.2 million galaxies A telescope made a big map of the universe.
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It turns out our galaxy isn’t as special as we thought
Space It's just plane confusing. Powerful, influential figures exert a irresistible pull, gathering an entourage around them.
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The big bang got its name from a man who thought the theory was total nonsense
Space The phrase originated 69 years ago today. The big bang is one of those theories that even the most casual student of science finds familiar and, at least at face value, fairly easy to...
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Stephen Hawking’s final scientific paper explores the mysteries of the...
Space Hawking’s posthumous paper is more like a ruminative twist on multiverse theory, but that's just fine. Stephen Hawking’s death in March incited us all take a moment and think about the famed...
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Gravitational waves could solve a cosmological crisis within five years—or...
Science We’re closing in on one of the most important numbers in the universe. This could be the last decade that cosmologists debate how fast the universe is expanding.
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