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Physics

Will time ever end? The answer lies in the death throes of the cosmos

The universe might meet its end in a big freeze, a big crunch, or a big rip. But whether time ends with the demise of the cosmos depends on whether it is even real after all

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Physics

Have we been measuring the expansion of the universe wrong all along?

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Star trails over the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ.??

Space

Largest 3D map of the universe contains 8 million galaxies

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Space

How you can get involved with the hunt for gravitational waves

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Question

How old is the universe?

Space

Everything we know about the universe – and a few things we don't

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Humans

You are stardust: The long view of when your existence really began

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Physics

Science with Sam: Is our reality just one part of a multiverse?

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Last Word

How much stuff is there in the 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

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Space

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

Culture

Space

The four puzzles that tell us a cosmological revolution is coming

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Last Word

This week’s new questions

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Physics

The surprising benefits of contemplating the death of the universe

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