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Big bang retold: The weird twists in the story of the universe's birth

11 December 2019

It certainly wasn’t big, and probably didn’t bang – and the surprises in the conventional story of the universe's origins don’t end there
10 mysteries of the universe: What came before the big bang?

10 mysteries of the universe: What came before the big bang?

19 September 2018

Searing bursts of radio waves first spotted a decade ago could come from bouncing black holes – and that suggests a universe might have existed before ours

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