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We're about to exceed 1.5-degree global warming limit, according to the UN
By Chelsea Gohd Published
"We can – and must – get on the right path."

A photon from the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang appears to have defied Einstein. Scientists may finally know how
By Robert Lea Published
A photon from the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang, the gamma-ray burst nicknamed "the BOAT," should not have reached Earth, according to Einstein. Now scientists may know how it did.

The rise of 'quantum gravity?' Einstein's theory seen in the quantum realm for 1st time
By Robert Lea Published
Scientists have spotted the first hints that Einstein's formulation of gravity operates in the quantum realm.

Earth's largest particle accelerator opens new window into the early universe just after the Big Bang: 'A culmination of a decades-long quest'
By Robert Lea Published
According to one researcher, this observation "promises new insights into the evolution of the early universe."

Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought
By Chelsea Gohd Published
Astronomers used cosmic explosions to find that we may be wrong about our own galaxy.

Scientists trace high-energy ghost particle to the 'Shadow Blaster' galaxy
By Robert Lea Published
"If confirmed, Shadow Blaster would be the first-ever individual dusty star-forming galaxy directly linked to a high-energy neutrino event."

'One of the great unresolved embarrassments of physics': It's been 340 years since Newton and scientists still haven't solved the secret of gravity
By Robert Lea Published
"The mystery is not solved."

Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?
By Paul Sutter Published
The universe may have its own version of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and that might be enough to explain dark energy without invoking any new physics at all.

Scientists found stardust trapped in Antarctic ice. What could it tell us about our solar system?
By Chelsea Gohd Published
"This dust can penetrate the shielding of the solar system and end up on Earth."

What flings mysteriously powerful particles called 'cosmic rays' at Earth?
By Robert Lea Published
High-energy cosmic rays, 10 million times more powerful than particles accelerated in Earth's strongest atom smasher, may hide a superheavy secret that is the key to unlocking a 60-year-old puzzle.
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