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For centuries, humans have looked to the stars and wondered about the universe’s vastness, shape, and structure. One question ...
Is there a center to the universe? Modern physics says no. Explore why the cosmos expands everywhere at once and why the Big ...
About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed like a contradiction in Albert Einstein's theory of ...
It might seem like a simple question: where is the center of the universe? But the answer is far from simple—and it’s not ...
A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...
The largest map of the universe ever created is now freely available for anyone to explore, so what are you waiting for?
Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...
For thousands of years we assumed the Earth was the center of the universe. When Galileo advanced the proposition that the Earth revolved around the sun and was, in fact, only one of many planets ...
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected powerful black hole jets emanating from a galaxy 11.6 billion light-years away.
For instance, it’s hard to imagine something as big as the universe not having a center at all, but physics says that’s the reality. First, let’s define what’s meant by “expansion.” ...