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  • 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 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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  • The Battery of the Sun

    The Battery of the Sun

    Does this image look familiar? It should — these are soap bubbles. Okay, now you’re probably going to ask me how soap bubbles have anything to do with the battery of the sun. Well…you might be surprised to know that…

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