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See the latest physics news and expert analysis on dark matter, the multiverse, theoretical and particle physics, quantum theory, and more from the world of physics.

Avogadro project experiment, involving counting atoms in a silicon sphere

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Vacuum transfer advance will help redefine kilogram next year

Abandoning the old prototype kilogram stored in Paris will require accurate mass measurements in a vacuum, something new techniques will make easier

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Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

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Artwork depicting conventional black hole with brightly coloured matter swirling around it

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Exotic black holes caught turning into a superfluid

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The Large Magellanic Cloud

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Intergalactic collision birthed a sparkling ring of young stars

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multiverse artwork

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Mapping the multiverse: How far away is your parallel self?

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No sign of seasonal dark matter after four years of searching

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An octofoil

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Molecules tied into beautiful ‘octofoil’ knot for first time

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microscopic metal membrane

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Squeezed light cools tiny drum to coldest temperature ever

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magnet lead

Earth

The paradox powering Earth’s magnetic field

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Asteroids around a star

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鈥楢lien megastructure鈥� signal may be due to star eating a planet

Tabby鈥檚 star鈥檚 odd blinking and fading has been put down to alien signals and swarms of comets, but devouring a planet could explain everything

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Cosmic radio bursts tracked to home galaxy for first time

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Life

Grow with the flow: How electricity kicks life into shape

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Physicists can’t agree on what the quantum world looks like

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Antigravity: Discovering if antimatter falls upwards

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