SCIENCE
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Astronomers solve longstanding galaxy cluster collision puzzle | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2024
This multicolored image of colliding galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1–2403 shows optical data from Hubble plus X-ray data (pink) from Chandra…
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Ask Ethan: Did black holes form directly from the Big Bang? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2024
This set of illustrations explains how a large black hole can form from the direct collapse of a massive cloud…
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New theoretical calculation solves the ‘muon g-2’ puzzle | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
In 2023, Fermilab’s Muon g-2 collaboration announced their latest results, which were consistent with previous experimental results but had only…
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Ask Ethan: Does time exist, or is it an illusion? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
Time is normally something we measure with clocks: devices that record its passage from one moment to the next. While…
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The cosmic redemption of astronomer John Couch Adams | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
This portrait of astronomer John Couch Adams, drawn by J.S. Stodart after a photograph by J.E. Mayall. Adams, although initially…
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Ask Ethan: Is Earth’s climate changing as the Sun loses mass? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
Over time, the Sun loses mass through the emission of solar wind particles and the process of internal nuclear fusion.…
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Why doesn’t the expanding Universe break the speed of light? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
For the first several billion years of our Universe’s history, the Universe’s expansion rate was decreasing and distant galaxies slow…
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Why humanity is a cosmic tale of despair and hope | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
In 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft began their pioneering journey across the Solar System to visit the giant…
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Ask Ethan: Is it all-or-nothing for the expanding Universe? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
At the start of the hot Big Bang, the Universe was rapidly expanding and filled with high-energy, very densely packed,…
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The scientist’s 10 commandments. There are many things that separate… | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2024
In 1896, Einstein was admitted into Zurich Polytechnic Institute, where he would graduate in 1900 4th in his graduating class…
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