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Why didn't the infant universe collapse into a black hole?
By Paul Sutter published
Why didn't the universe collapse into a black hole during the earliest moments of the Big Bang? Simply put, because that's not how you make a black hole.

The expansion of the universe could be a mirage, new theoretical study suggests
By Robert Lea published
New research looking at the cosmological constant problem suggests the expansion of the universe could be an illusion.

Large Hadron Collider may be closing in on the universe's missing antimatter
By Keith Cooper published
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider are closing in on an explanation for why we live in a universe of matter and not antimatter.

Inflatable moon telescope could peer into universe's Dark Ages
By Tereza Pultarova published
European scientists are developing an inflatable radio telescope concept that could do groundbreaking science on the moon.

Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says
By Ben Turner published
A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear.

James Webb Space Telescope spies earliest complex organic molecules in the universe
By Charles Q. Choi published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the oldest known examples of complex organic molecules in the universe, a new study reports.

Milky Way's cosmic neighbors help bring ancient galaxies into focus
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers are snooping on the Milky Way's galactic neighbors to gain insights about the ancient galaxies being viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

How fast is the universe expanding? New supernova data could help nail it down
By Charles Q. Choi published
A warp in the fabric of space and time that acted like a giant magnifying glass may help solve a celestial mystery about the rate of the universe's expansion.
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