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Two astronomers think they found evidence in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation that the amount of dark matter in the universe is far smaller than currently thought.
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Something is wrong in the data we get when we measure distances to far away quasars to see how fast the universe is expanding.
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Creationists and theologians often call the Big Bang theory an origin story for atheists. But that comparison ignores the easily confirmed evidence that it more than likely happened.
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At the dawn of the universe, enormous black holes were among the first things to be born, and at the end of it, they will be among the last to die.
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Despite what you have been told, general relativity has not yet been overturned, modified, or revolutionized.
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The mysterious "dark flow" is still there according to follow-up observations and it's presence is still a mystery.
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Roger Penrose is in no mood for exotic theories. In fact, he thinks its latest papers should be junked.
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If our universe is one of many, just how many others are out there? A duo of physicists try to answer that question. Well, sort of...
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At the end of the universe, black holes will be the only things left and they will define what happens in the cosmos for countless eons.
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Young Earth creationists demand scientists produce the "missing antimatter" from the Big Bang or scrap the theory altogether.