grand unified theories (GUT)

  • A Cosmological Timeline

    A Cosmological Timeline

    We started covering cosmology way back in April. And since then, we’ve explored quite a bit — in fact, the grandest story the universe has to offer. We’ve followed the universe from the first fractions of a second after the…

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  • The Big Bang in a Nutshell

    The Big Bang in a Nutshell

    Okay, okay, I know…with that featured image, I just broke my own cardinal rule of not depicting the Big Bang as an explosion. I did pick that image for a reason, though. We first covered the Big Bang waaaay back…

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  • The Proof in the Afterglow

    The Proof in the Afterglow

    In 1915, Einstein published his theory of general relativity. This theory predicts that, since gravity works by bending space-time, it also determines the shape of space — and the shape of the universe as a whole. In 1929, Edwin Hubble…

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  • The Big Bang Theory, Revised

    The Big Bang Theory, Revised

    Imagine a time before stars and galaxies existed, before free-floating subatomic particles combined to form the first atoms, before the synthesis of the first atomic nuclei… Wait a second — this sounds familiar! Way back in May, we rewound the…

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