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We live on Earth, orbiting the Sun, part of our Solar System, within the Milky Way. But what's our membership status on even larger scales?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Einstein's most famous equation is E = mc², which describes the rest mass energy inherent to particles. But motion matters for energy, too.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

When it comes to the big question of our cosmic origins, inflation is our leading theory. But did string theory ultimately cause inflation?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has an ancient age, but not for the reason most commonly touted. These three lines of evidence are farContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Globular clusters are some of the most ancient cosmic relics that still survive in our Milky Way today. Famed Terzan 5 isn't one of them.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

With targets from all across the Universe, focusing a space telescope -- with so many moving parts -- is challenging, but doable. Here's how.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

By probing the Universe on atomic scales and smaller, we can reveal the entirety of the Standard Model, and with it, the quantum Universe.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Despite their rarity, boron and beryllium can both be detected within white dwarf atmospheres. What does their presence and abundanceContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

When JWST opened its eyes, it spied a huge number of Little Red Dots. What we saw inside was a puzzle, but what's missing could solve it.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

After a period of cosmic inflation came to an end, the hot Big Bang commenced. 13.8 billion years later, we arrived. Here's how we gotContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »