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The Science Behind the Multiverse in 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
The movie that won Best Picture imagines a reality composed of an uncountable number of universes
What Does the Universe Sound Like?
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and other researchers have melded astronomy and music to offer a new oeuvre
Webb Telescope Finds Evidence of Massive Galaxies That Defy Theories of the Early Universe
The six “universe breakers” appear much larger than what scientists thought was possible at that time
A Space Flash Detected in February Was a Black Hole Devouring an Unassuming Star
The bright light was the result of a rare cosmic occurrence known as a tidal disruption event
This 18-Year-Old Recreated the ‘Entire Universe’ in Minecraft
From the video game's blocks, he built galaxies, a nebula, a black hole and the solar system
See the James Webb Space Telescope's Dazzling New Photo of the Cartwheel Galaxy
Located 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, the galaxy got its unique wagon wheel-like shape from a cosmic collision
New Project Aims to Create Most Detailed 3-D Map of the Universe
An instrument named “DESI” will chart up to 40 million galaxies, ten times more than any previous survey
This 13-Billion-Year-Old Supermassive Black Hole Is the Oldest Ever Found
Huge black hole is so old it offers a glimpse into the early universe, and so big it challenges ideas of how black holes form
New Generation of Dark Matter Experiments Gear Up to Search for Elusive Particle
Deep underground, in abandoned gold and nickel mines, vats of liquid xenon and silicon germanium crystals will be tuned to detect invisible matter
For the First Time, a National U.S. Observatory Has Been Named for a Female Astronomer: Vera Rubin
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will image the entire visible night sky every few nights
Three Things to Know About Europe's New Exoplanet Space Telescope
CHEOPS is the first exoplanet satellite devoted specifically to learning more about the thousands of planets we have already found
How Much Does the Milky Way Weigh?
Measurements from the Gaia satellite and Hubble Space Telescope show our galaxy tips the scales at about 1.5 trillion solar masses
Andean Solstice Celebrations Capture the Wondrous Churn of Spacetime
Exploring the similarities and differences between Indigenous and Western cosmologies
This Molecule Could Explain the Origin of Life
Hydrogen cyanide is a molecule that appears to be at the heart of the creation of life. To create it, scientists need a burst of energy
We're All Made of Stardust. Here's How
13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a big bang and the atoms it created would find their way into everything
The Sun Will Produce a Beautiful Planetary Nebula When It Dies
A new model of stellar death shows our low-mass star has enough juice to produce a beautiful ring of gas and dust before winking out
If a Cosmic Bubble Destroys the Universe, Scientists Now Know When It'll Happen
Don't panic yet; the end won't be for at least 10 octodecillion years, if it happens at all
Learn to Speak the Language of the Universe With This Mindblowing New Book
<i>Magnitude</i> helps you imagine the outer limits of time, speed and distance—without breaking your brain
Why Pantone's Color of the Year Is the Shade of Science
PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet is a deep saturated purple, but it doesn't hold a candle to true ultraviolet
What the Neutron Star Collision Means for Dark Matter
The latest LIGO observations rekindle a fiery debate over how gravity works: Does the universe include dark matter, or doesn’t it?
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