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Universe

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Space

Dark matter map hints at cracks in our understanding of the universe

A new survey suggests dark matter is more evenly spread through space than we had thought, which might mean we don’t fully understand how gravity works on large scales

News

Physics

The End of Everything review: A rollicking tour of the wildest physics

Culture

Physics

The four puzzles that tell us a cosmological revolution is coming

Features

Physics

The surprising benefits of contemplating the death of the universe

Features

Physics

Pondering the big question of consciousness is a welcome distraction

News

Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths

Features

Physics

We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time

Features
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Physics

Even a computer the size of the universe can’t predict everything

News
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Physics

Your decision-making ability is a superpower physics can’t explain

Features
A man gazes at the Milky Way

Space

Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery

How can we get a picture of the whole Milky Way if we are inside it? Good sleuthing is needed to combine all the clues, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

News

Physics

Trippy maths program could help figure out the shape of the universe

News
Space

The search for aliens: Is anybody out there?

Video

Second law of thermodynamics

Are there multiple universes?