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Albert Einstein playing violin.

Happy birthday, Albert Einstein. We need you right now. (Op-Ed)

By David Sky Brody published

Albert Einstein saw beyond human tribalism to an enlightened realm of tolerance. We can too: He left us clear directions for how to do it.

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Digitized Sky Survey image of the oldest star in the universe.

Methuselah: The oldest star in the universe

By David Crookes published

Reference If the oldest star in the universe is more than 14 billion years old that would make it older than the universe itself! We investigate this space mystery.

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Cosmology and the science of the universe's origin

What is cosmology? Definition & history

By Nola Taylor Tillman, Ailsa Harvey published

Reference Cosmology by definition is the branch of astronomy involving the origin and evolution of the universe, from the Big Bang to the future of the cosmos.

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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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An artist's impression of dark matter in the beginning of the universe.

We may finally be able to test one of Stephen Hawking's most far-out ideas

By Paul Sutter published

The recently launched James Webb Telescope should help determine if dark matter is made up of primordial black holes.

James Webb Space Telescope
This illustration shows a black hole emitting jets of fast-moving plasma above and below it, as matter swirls around in an orbiting disk.

The 10 wildest things we learned about black holes in 2021

By Adam Mann published

A rundown of awesome results about black holes from 2021.

Black Holes
The European Ariane 5 rocket with the James Webb Space Telescope aboard lifts off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

5 space missions to look forward to now that the James Webb Space Telescope has launched

By Paul Sutter published

Now that the telescope is in space, what's next for astrophysics done from beyond Earth's surface? Here are five future missions to get excited about.

James Webb Space Telescope
Image of the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field

Weird quantum objects known as Q balls could explain why we exist

By Ashley Hamer published

Bizarre quantum objects called Q balls could explain why the universe if filled with matter and ultimately why we exist.

Astronomy
A visualization of two black holes merging.

Black holes may have existed since the beginning of time (and could explain dark matter mystery)

By Tereza Pultarova published

The existence of primordial black holes in the earliest universe could explain dark matter as well as the sizes of black holes scientists can see today, a new study suggests.

Black Holes
How many bits are in the universe?

If the universe is a giant computer simulation, here's how many bits would be required to run it

By Adam Mann published

A trippy new estimate calculates the total number of bits in the visible universe

Astronomy
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