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Full-Sky Map Of Cosmic Background Radiation, A Full-Sky Map Produced By The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (Wmap) Showing Cosmic Background Radiation, A Very Uniform Glow Of Microwaves Emitted ...

A new study, published on Arxiv, has deepened the cosmic puzzle surrounding the “Hubble tension,” an ongoing debate about the universe’s expansion rate. The findings come from the Atacama Cosmology ...

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A new study by Rice University physicist Qimiao Si unravels the enigmatic behaviors of quantum critical metals—materials that defy conventional physics at low temperatures. Published in Nature Physics ...

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