Big Bang Theory: The latest science and discoveries

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Galaxies near the beginning of the history of the universe
The history of the universe: Big Bang to now in 10 easy steps

By Denise Chow, Scott Dutfield Published

Reference Learn about the Big Bang theory and the evolution of the universe in ten steps.

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This all-sky image of the cosmic microwave background, created from data collected by the European Space Agency's Planck satellite's first all-sky survey, shows echoes of the Big Bang left over from the dawn of the universe.
What is the cosmic microwave background?

By Elizabeth Howell, Daisy Dobrijevic Published

Reference The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is primeval radiation emitted shortly after the Big Bang. Regarded as an 'echo' of the Big Bang, CMB fills the universe.

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Inside the latest issue of All About Space you’ll find a complete guide to exoplanets.
Inside All About Space issue 126: Complete guide to exoplanets

By Daisy Dobrijevic Published

Inside the latest issue of All About Space is our complete guide to exoplanets where we peer into the most extreme alien worlds and hunt for Earth 2.0.

Exoplanets
Image of the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, which captures galaxies beyond counting.
Do we live in a simulation? The problem with this mind-bending hypothesis.

By Paul Sutter Published

Does the simulation hypothesis offer a compelling argument, or is it just interesting food for thought? Let's find out.

Technology
Expanding universe
Our expanding universe: Age, history & other facts

By Charles Q. Choi, Ailsa Harvey Published

Reference The universe was born with the Big Bang as an unimaginably hot, dense point. SPACE.com offers an overview of the universe and its history, age and structure.

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The Hubble Space Telescope's Ultra Deep Field view of a tiny patch of the universe.
Here's how the universe could end in a 'false vacuum decay'

By Paul Sutter Published

The world could end not with a bang, but with a quantum vacuum decay of the ground state of the universe to its true minimum.

Astronomy
Artist's illustration of a supermassive black hole emitting a jet of energetic particles.
Some supermassive black holes may contain fingerprints from the Big Bang

By Paul Sutter Published

The elements around some giant black holes may be subtly different from the cosmic average, retaining a relic memory of the young universe.

Black Holes
An artist's impression of dark matter in the beginning of the universe.
Is dark matter made of 'Fermi balls' forged in the Big Bang?

By Paul Sutter Published

A new theory suggests dark matter may have come from quantum bags that got squished together in the early universe.

Astronomy
The Crab Nebula as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes in a composite view. The nebula is the aftermath of a brilliant supernova spotted in 1054.
Is there really a 'crisis' in cosmology?

By Paul Sutter Published

You may have heard about the "cosmology crisis:" Different methods of measuring the age of the universe are giving different results, and cosmologists have no idea why.

Astronomy
An artist's interpretation of the Big Bang
Seeing the 'real' Big Bang through gravitational waves

By Paul Sutter Published

The earliest and most momentous epoch in the history of the universe released a flood of gravitational waves, tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time.

Astronomy
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