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Space science has come a long way since July 4, 1776. Here's a look back at the saga

Celebrating America's 250th birthday, Space.com looks back at what our understanding of space was like in 1776 and what major developments occurred to change our thinking.

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'Fastest-feeding' black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?

The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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32 physics experiments that changed the world

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world.

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Theory of everything: how a fear of failure is hampering physicists’ quest for the ultimate answer

It has been over a century since the boom period of physics exploded with Albert Einstein, Max Planck and others, sending us spinning into a new world of chaos from our previously ordered universe. This brilliant generation of physicists ultimately peeled back the layers of the universe, as well as…

The Conversation

The Case Against Einstein: Why the Physicist's Most Popular Theory Must Be Wrong

Some research suggests that Einstein’s theory is failing and must be replaced with a more fundamental one.

Inverse

Why Einstein must be wrong: In search of the theory of gravity

Einstein’s theory of gravity — general relativity — has been very successful for more than a century. However, it has theoretical shortcomings. This is not surprising: the theory predicts its own failure at spacetime singularities inside black holes — and the Big Bang itself.

The Conversation

Best movies about famous scientists to watch while you wait for Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is almost here, so what better time to look back at the best biopics based on history's most influential scientists?

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Indian group proposes radical new way to settle universe expansion dispute

Scientists from ICTS Bangalore have proposed a new way to measure the Hubble constant, which could help resolve a crisis in cosmology about how fast the universe is accelerating, using lensed gravitational waves observed by the next generation of LIGO observatories.

The Hindu

Commentary: Fusion skepticism follows a century of genius, fraud and hype

This week government scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a long-sought milestone in developing clean fusion energy. For the first time, the amount of energy produced by a fusion reaction exceeded the energy required to produce it.

Tribune News Service

What is gravitational lensing? 107 years later, a phenomenon predicted by Einstein is still bearing fruit

A massive object can act like a massive magnifying glass under the right conditions.

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