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What is dark energy, and could it destroy the universe?

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What is dark energy, and could it destroy the universe?

If dark energy has its way, the universe may rip itself apart. Astrophysicist Kathy Romer gives the low-down on this enigmatic stuff.

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Neutrinos may explain why we don’t live in an antimatter universe

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We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time

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We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time

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How a new twist on quantum theory could solve its biggest mystery

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How a new twist on quantum theory could solve its biggest mystery

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Jim Al-Khalili's The World According to Physics is a thrilling ride

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Jim Al-Khalili's The World According to Physics is a thrilling ride

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Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

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Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

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Atomic space: What is in the space between a proton and an electron?

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The antimatter factory about to solve the universe's greatest mystery

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Antimatter looks just like matter – which is a big problem for physics

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Antimatter looks just like matter – which is a big problem for physics

A difference in the properties of matter and antimatter could help explain our universe – but a property called the Lamb shift is similar in particles of both

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Sixty years ago the world’s largest particle accelerator switched on

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What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature

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Strange particles found in Antarctica cannot be explained by physics

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Are dark matter and dark energy related in anything apart from name?

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