There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

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Supernovae aren't one of the JWST's main science themes, but the perceptive telescope is full of surprises. Recently, it ...

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A radical new theory begins with a central claim: consciousness is the fundamental field of reality; time, space, and matter ...

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New measurements using gravitational lensing suggest the universe’s current expansion rate does not agree with signals from the early cosmos.

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