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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.

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The universe is flat as a pancake, and we don’t understand why

Dark energy is smoothing the expanding cosmic curves 鈥� but only exactly the right amount can make that happen

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Space is all the same temperature. Coincidence?

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The Higgs boson makes the universe stable 鈥� just. Coincidence?

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One idea explains all the weird coincidences in the universe

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Life’s subatomic secret: How we’re cracking the Hoyle state

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ExoMars nearing the Red Planet

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ExoMars spacecraft splits in two to explore Mars surface and air

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Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET – or human error

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Artist's illustration depicts the interior of a low-mass star

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Proxima b’s hyperactive star is more sun-like than thought

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Softening surfaces stops liquids from splashing when they hit

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Physics and medicine Nobel prizes announced

The 2016 physics Nobel went to three British scientists for work on strange states of matter 鈥� and the medicine Nobel to Yoshinori Ohsumi for work on autophagy

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Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to invention of molecular machines

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Physics Nobel goes to discoverers of world of stranger things

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Rosetta lands on 67P in grand finale to two year comet mission

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Robot eyes are catching up with our exploding cosmos

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