If the supernova standard candle is wrong, it could solve the Hubble tension

Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological model. Before anyone starts dusting off their ...
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What the "background noise of the universe" tells us about spacetime's origins

The Big Bang: The moment when the universe — everything in existence — began. ... Right? Turns out, it's not quite that simple. Today, when scientists talk about the Big Bang, they mean a period of ...
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Water in the universe may have formed closer to the Big Bang than previously thought

We don’t know for sure, but the answer is inextricably linked to the moment when water first materialized in the cosmos — and ...
Live Science

James Webb telescope finds origins of the biggest explosion since the Big Bang — revealing a new cosmological mystery

Seen in 2022, a gamma-ray burst nicknamed the BOAT is believed to be the brightest explosion ever witnessed by humanity. But the James Webb Telescope's search for its origins has only thrown up more ...
Live Science

Scientists watched a 'reappearing supernova' explode 5 times in a row — and it could help reveal how fast the universe is expanding

After showing up five times in Hubble images, a 'reappearing supernova' is helping scientists solve one of astronomy's biggest mysteries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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Ripples from the Big Bang could transform our understanding of the universe — and we may be close to detecting them

It will be a view unlike any other — completely invisible, exceptionally quiet and utterly transformative. Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. Those quakes ...
Publishers Weekly

BIG BANG: The Origin of the Universe

It was cosmologist Fred Hoyle who coined the term "big bang" to describe the notion that the universe exploded out of nothing to kick-start space and time. Ironically, Hoyle himself espoused the ...