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'Axion stars' that went boom after the Big Bang could shed light on dark matter

Hypothetical particles called axions may have gathered to form "axion stars" that exploded in the early universe to create readable signals that could reveal the secrets of dark matter.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing in the early universe

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an "extremely red," growing supermassive black hole powering a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

Space

Did God have anything to do with the Big Bang, my five-year-old would like to know…

My son’s curiosity about the beginning of the universe and religion is prompting mind-stretching questions at home

The Guardian - UK

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James Webb Space Telescope tracks a galaxy's history back to just after the Big Bang

Using the James Webb Space Telescope astronomers have zoomed in on a dwarf galaxy in the Milky Way's local group to understand the ebb and flow of star formation since the early universe.

Space

Did monster black holes or galaxies come first? The James Webb Space Telescope may have a surprise answer

Observations of bright galaxies in the early universe could indicate that black holes were driving star formation and galaxy growth just 50 million years after the Big Bang.

Space

Why the multiverse is possible according to physics, but not definitely

From the possibility of multiple universes to the concept of cosmic inflation, explore the boundaries of physics and reality.

The Hindu

Europe approves LISA, a next-generation space mission that will discover the faintest ripples in space-time

The new LISA gravitational wave detector, which will be launched into orbit in 2035, promises to detect cosmic collisions from the earliest moments after the Big Bang.

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Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the Big Bang's afterglow, dies at age 90

Penzias, with his colleague Robert Woodrow Wilson, discovered the cosmic microwave background while working at Bell Labs in the 1960s. The finding was the smoking gun evidence for the Big Bang.

WEKU

An impossibly huge ring of galaxies might lead us to new physics. Here's how

This galactic superstructure appears to us as it was over 9 billion years ago.

Space

Cosmic strings can break — and when they do, they shake the universe

Many models of the universe predict the existence of countless invisible strings stretching across space. New research finds a way these strings might snap — and how we could feel the fallout.

LiveScience

The cosmic dark ages: Everything you need to know

During the cosmic dark ages, the early universe was shrouded in darkness. Learn more about why this was the case and how the universe eventually became transparent.

Space

8 stunning James Webb Space Telescope discoveries made in 2023

The oldest ever black holes, a preview of our solar system's gory demise, and a measurement of distant starlight that threatens to bring the standard of cosmology crashing down — here are the JWST's wildest discoveries of 2023.

LiveScience

'It could be profound': How astronomer Wendy Freedman is trying to fix the universe

University of Chicago astronomer Wendy Freedman tells us how she's searching for an answer to the Hubble tension — a discrepancy between measurements of our universe's expansion that could threaten the dominant model of how the universe has grown since the Big Bang.

LiveScience

Atom-size black holes from the dawn of time could be devouring stars from the inside out, new research suggests

New research suggests that if tiny primordial black holes created during the Big Bang exist, some of them may have been snared by stars and are now forced to eat their way out.

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Life might have been possible just seconds after the Big Bang

Some physicists have hypothesized that in the earliest moments of the Big Bang, the forces of nature were so extreme and so exotic that they could have supported the growth of complex structures.

The Conversation

Do we live in a giant void? It could solve the puzzle of the universe's expansion

One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology is the rate at which the universe is expanding. This can be predicted using the standard model of cosmology, also known as Lambda-cold dark matter (ΛCDM). This model is based on detailed observations of the light left over from the Big Bang –…

TechRadar

Fortnite The Big Bang start time - everything we know about the end-of-season event

Here's what you need to know about the Fortnite Big Bang event, including start time, and details on the Eminem collaboration.

TechRadar

Fortnite Big Bang live event announced and it will mark ‘a new beginning’ for the game

Fortnite's next live event, The Big Bang, has been announced for December 2, 2023. It will mark "a new beginning for Fortnite."

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Distant 'teenage galaxies' surprise astronomers with unexpected heavy elements

Significant amounts of nickel observed in galaxies only two-to-three billion years after the Big Bang.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds 2 of the most distant galaxies ever seen

We see these galaxies as they were over 13.45 billion years ago, just between 330 and 350 million years after the Big Bang.

LiveScience

Dark matter may have its own 'invisible' periodic table of elements

Dark matter may come in multiple particles and weights, similar to the ordinary elements on the periodic table, a new theory suggests.

The Independent UK

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang

Inverse

Webb Telescope Reveals An Ancient Universe Packed with Oddly-Bright Galaxies, Puzzling Astronomers

The James Webb Space Telescope gathered amazing images of ancient galaxies. This left astronomers asking, why are they so bright?

The Conversation

'Big Bang of Numbers' – The Conversation's book club explores how math alone could create the universe with author Manil Suri

The Conversation U.S. launched its new book club with a bang – talking to mathematician Manil Suri about his nonfiction work “The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math.” Suri, a previous author in The Conversation, has also written an award-winning fiction trilogy, in addition…

The Hindu

Billion-light-year-wide 'bubble of galaxies' discovered

Astronomers have discovered the first “bubble of galaxies,” an almost unimaginably huge cosmic structure thought to be a fossilised remnant from just after the Big Bang sitting in our galactic backyard

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