The Universe experienced a rapid expansion just after its birth, a phenomenon called cosmic inflation. This brief but intense ...

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The Big Bang theory is supported by the observed expansion of the universe and the cosmic microwave background radiation. The universe's early moments involved a hot, dense state with the formation of ...

Long before galaxies sparkled in the sky or stars took shape, invisible forces stirred in the early Universe. One of those ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have detected a unique, repeating cosmic radio signal originating from an unknown ...

Michael Riordan surveys the extraordinary year of 1964, which saw the birth of the quark model, the invention of the Higgs ...

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The National Science Foundation has awarded $3.7 million to the University of Chicago for the first year of a grant that may provide up to $21.4 million for the final designs for a next-generation set ...