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Interview with Cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton
Posted in Interviews, Science on 29th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
'Our universe is one tiny grain of dust in a beautiful cosmos'

How Will The Universe End? Scientists Seek An Answer In The Biggest Galaxy Map Yet
Posted in Science on 29th Jan, 2022
by Alex Muller
By mapping the large structure of the universe over time, scientists hope to chart how the rate of expansion-and perhaps the dark energy driving it, has changed and how it might in the future.

How old is the universe? Our answer keeps getting better
Posted in Featured, Science on 6th Aug, 2021
by Alex Muller
As measurements of the early and modern universes have gotten more precise, they’ve started to clash.

How Many Galaxies Are In The Universe? A New Answer From The Darkest Sky Ever Observed
Posted in Reviews, Science on 24th Jan, 2021
by Alex Muller
Amid the vast sea of galaxies, stars, and planets, are we really the only species to ever look out and wonder if we're alone? It seems very numerically unlikely. Perhaps one day we will have a way to find out.

Oldest fossils ever found suggest life in the universe is common
Posted in Science on 25th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
Unexpectedly complex microbes found in a nearly 3.5-billion-year-old rock imply that life can begin and evolve more quickly than previously thought.