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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.
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.
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.
10 wild theories about the universe
By How It Works magazine, Andrew May last updated
Why is the universe the way it is? Over the years, scientists have explored many ways to explain the cosmos, leading to some crazy-sounding ideas.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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