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Born in the big bang: How ancient black holes could save cosmology

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Born in the big bang: How ancient black holes could save cosmology

Exotic primordial black holes born in the moments after the universe began could be the key to solving some of cosmology’s biggest problems… if only we can find them.

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Dust is annoying, but it is also key to life and death in the cosmos

Space

Dust is annoying, but it is also key to life and death in the cosmos

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What if there was no big bang and we live in an ever-cycling universe?

Space

What if there was no big bang and we live in an ever-cycling universe?

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How the coolest, smallest stars could help us discover new exoplanets

Technology

How the coolest, smallest stars could help us discover new exoplanets

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Cosmic inflation

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Cosmic inflation

Claire Burke

Technology

Claire Burke on using thermal drone tech to protect orangutans

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How did the universe begin?

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How did the universe begin?

Mathematician and physicist Roger Penrose

People in Science

Roger Penrose

Isaac Newton

People in Science

Isaac Newton

We've seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own

Space

We've seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own

New experiments are revealing hints of a world and a reality that are complete reflections of ours. This mirrorverse may be able to solve the mystery of the universe's missing dark matter

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Space

LIGO may have just spotted a black hole devouring a neutron star

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What would happen if you got sucked into a black hole?

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Space

LIGO has spotted another gravitational wave just after turning back on

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Antony Gormley’s virtual reality adventure lets you ski on the moon

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