The expanding Universe, full of galaxies and the complex structure we observe today, arose…
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Earth isn’t alone: Venus once had plate tectonics, too | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2023
Earth, in visible light at right, and Venus, as seen in infrared at left,…
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Ask Ethan: How did the Universe truly begin? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2023
An illustration of our cosmic history, from the Big Bang until the present, within…
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LIGO successfully squeezes quantum states, surpassing Heisenberg’s limits | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2023
Within LIGO’s vacuum chamber, laser light is now created in not only a squeezed…
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Ask Ethan: Can we see the cosmic neutrino background? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2023
Neutrino detectors, like the one used in the BOREXINO collaboration here, generally have an…
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42 really is the answer to these 5 fundamental questions | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2023
The answer to the ultimate question about life, the Universe, and everything has been…
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Extraordinary, moon-forming planet collision spotted 1850 light-years away | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2023
In 2021, a normal, young, Sun-like star was seen to dim: spontaneously, unexpectedly, and…
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Ask Ethan: Are singularities physically real? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2023
During cosmological inflation, the space contained in the inflationary region grows exponentially, doubling in…
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Attoseconds aren’t fast enough for particle physics | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2023
Although we can do an incredible job of reconstructing what must have occurred close…
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Ask Ethan: Could Earth be the only planet with intelligent life? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2023
This aerial view of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is one of…