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New evidence suggests the universe is much older than we thought
To understand the age of the universe, one must first grasp the concept of redshift in the light emitted by far-off galaxies. Much like the Doppler effect in sound, wherein noises from an ...
Quanta Magazine6d
Cosmologists Try a New Way to Measure the Shape of the Universe
Is the universe flat and infinite, or something more complex? We can’t say for sure, but a new search strategy is mapping out ...
Live Science18d
Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us
The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes ...
Space.com4d
What is the Big Bang Theory?
The Big Bang Theory explains how the universe began. The Big Bang Theory stands as the most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe. According to this theory, the universe began ...
Einstein Probe Detects Mysterious Blast of X-Rays From the Early Universe
On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, ...