After almost a century of speculation, proposals and searches for dark matter, physicists now know that it currently ...

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Determining the expansion rate of the universe, the "Hubble constant," shapes our understanding of the cosmos, its age, and its fate.

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At a singularity, the laws of physics as we know them suffer a complete breakdown. So such objects really shouldn’t exist.

"There are two components in the Universe: dark matter – which as far as we know ... We didn't know what it was at first.' ...

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We are the Universe trying to understand itself. How, and why, did we come to be? Why does the Universe take the shape it ...

More than 99% of Americans live under skies polluted by light. But dark skies at the Grand Canyon and more than 145 other ...

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