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Model of universe structure

Space

Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found

About half the normal matter in our universe had never been observed – until now. Two teams have finally seen it by combining millions of faint images into one

News

Ordinary red roof tiles against a white sky

Technology

Light-filtering paint cools your home when exposed to hot sun

News

Researchers sitting at their desks celebrate a positive result

Humans

Nobel prizes would be better without all the fame and fortune

Comment

Person with cosmos where their head should be

Technology

We can’t ever know whether or not our universe is a simulation

Analysis

Atomic clock

Physics

The most precise atomic clock ever made is a cube of quantum gas

News

The sun's disc

Space

The sun's energy could speed up dark matter so we can detect it

News

prime artwork

Physics

Riddle of the primes: why do they come in pairs?

Features

Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne

Physics

Gravitational wave discoverers win physics Nobel prize

News

Gale Crater on Mars

Space

Methane burps on young Mars helped it keep its liquid water

News

A superconducting circuit with nine qubits

Technology

Google quantum computer test shows breakthrough is within reach

The idea that quantum computers can do things that regular ones cannot isn’t proven. But Google thinks it knows a problem only a quantum computer can solve

News

Technology

Two-colour pixels let you draw pair of images in the same space

News

Space

Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us

News

Space

Star nicknamed Kronos after eating its own planetary children

News

Physics

The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

Features