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We must address a key obstacle to our new age of space exploration

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We must address a key obstacle to our new age of space exploration

Advances in rocket technology are exciting, but we need to investigate how non-terrestrial gravity affects astronauts' psychology and cognition, says neuroscientist Elisa Raffaella Ferrè

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A simulation of gravity showing curved space-time. The ball represents the sun and is resting on a sheet of plastic that stretches under its weight. The curved sheet of plastic demonstrates the way a gravity curves space.

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The massive problem of trying to fully explain what mass actually is

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A distant supernova defies our understanding of the cosmos’s expansion

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A distant supernova defies our understanding of the cosmos’s expansion

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How we could discover quantum gravity without rebuilding space-time

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Exotic cosmic objects in string theory may look like leaky black holes

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A gravitational-lensed image of a galaxy

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Weird dark matter waves seem to warp the light from distant galaxies

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We may finally know how Hawking's black hole paradox could be solved

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Google's Sycamore quantum processor

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Google’s quantum computer simulation of a wormhole may not have worked

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3D illustration of a wormhole or Einstein?Rosen bridge is a hypothetical topological feature that would be a shortcut connecting

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Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,000

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A quantum computer has simulated a wormhole for the first time

Researchers have used Google's Sycamore quantum computer to simulate a simplified wormhole for the first time, and sent a piece of quantum information through it

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Crooked star clusters may be a sign that Einstein’s gravity is wrong

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Did magnetism shape the universe? An epic experiment suggests it did

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Einstein's gravity principle still correct, finds most precise test

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Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox may finally have a solution

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