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As the Earth spins and wobbles on its axis and revolves elliptically around the Sun, each day differs from the last. "24 hours" isn'tContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

The evidence that the Universe is expanding is overwhelming. But how? By stretching the existing space, or by creating new space itself?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

We experience time as real. But what if it's only an illusion: an illusion that's inherently relative? Does time fundamentally even exist?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

There's a speed limit to the Universe: the speed of light in a vacuum. But you can beat the speed of light. Just travel through a medium!Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Generations ago, cosmologists asserted that the Universe might not just be the same in all directions, but at all times. But is that true?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Today's Milky Way only forms stars slowly. Our galactic center, where the star-forming rate is highest, gives a unique window into ourContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Every proton contains three quarks: two up and one down. But charm quarks, heavier than the proton itself, have been found inside. How?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

If you look into a mirror, you'll notice that left-and-right are reversed, but up-and-down is preserved. The reason isn't what you think.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space!Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »