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  Most accurate map of oldest light in the universe published by European Space Agency

  By Carl Franzen on March 21, 2013 01:30 pm + 34 comments

  European scientists earlier today released the most accurate map yet of the light released shortly Continue reading…

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  Our universe could be swallowed by an alternate one, Higgs research suggests

  By Amar Toor on February 20, 2013 04:34 am + 145 comments

  Forget asteroids and global warming, because new findings from Europe's Large Hadron Collider Continue reading…

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  NASA may have discovered youngest black hole in our galaxy

  By Carl Franzen on February 13, 2013 08:44 pm + 20 comments

  Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope have discovered the remnants of a supernova Continue reading…

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  Astronomers have found the largest structure in the universe

  By Ben Kersey on January 15, 2013 06:01 am + 100 comments

  An international team of astronomers led by the University of Central Lancashire in the UK has Continue reading…

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  Scientists discover new candidate for farthest known galaxy in universe

  By Chris Welch on November 16, 2012 12:55 pm + 28 comments

  Space continues to serve as an endless source of discovery and wonder, with scientists recently Continue reading…

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  New Hubble space telescope image peers 13 billion years back in time

  By Louis Goddard on September 26, 2012 05:55 am + 24 comments

  A new composite image published by NASA shows some galaxies as they were 13.2 billion years ago, Continue reading…

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  The universe is smooth, not a fractal at large scales, say astronomers

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 23, 2012 08:59 am + 104 comments

  A new paper confirms a conventional picture of the universe, one that is smooth and homogeneous at Continue reading…

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  10 billion years in 78 seconds: scientists use supercomputer to model universe

  By Louis Goddard on August 17, 2012 10:17 am + 20 comments

  Forget SimCity — scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Continue reading…

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  Fly through 400,000 galaxies with the largest 3D map of the universe

  By Justin Rubio on August 9, 2012 04:22 pm + 20 comments

  The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has released the largest-ever 3D map of the universe, captured Continue reading…

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  How to measure the universe

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 16, 2012 10:44 am + 18 comments

  Have you ever wondered how we know the distance between Earth and Proxima Centauri? What about the Continue reading…