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Dark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here's what to know.
If you think of the Big Bang as an explosion, we can trace it back to a single point-of-origin. But what if it happened everywhere at once?
Just because a paper passes peer review doesn't mean that what's written, or what the author asserts, is true. Here's why it still matters.
Organic compounds can form through simple chemistry alone — making the search for true biosignatures trickier than it seems.
The Holy Grail of physics is a Theory of Everything: where a single equation describes the whole Universe. But maybe there simply isn't one?
A conversation with neuroscientist Erik Hoel about the future of consciousness research.
Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see 46.1 billion light-years away in all directions. Doesn't that violate...something?
Einstein is credited with saying, "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." What he actually said has a very different meaning.
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“An equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, that would allow us to, quote, 'Read the mind of God.'”