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James Webb telescope uncovers 1st-ever 'Einstein zig-zag' hiding in plain sight — and it could help save cosmology

A new JWST study has revealed the true origins of a luminous quasar that has been duplicated six times as its light "zig-zags" through space-time via a phenomenon first predicted by Albert Einstein. The unusual light show could help tackle one of cosmology's biggest problems, experts claim.

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Scientists detect “DNA of the universe”

Physicists say they detected a double helix in the fabric of spacetime

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A black hole's secrets could hide in its dizzying light 'echoes'

Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing.

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30 Math Memes Only True Nerds Will Appreciate

Explore our hilarious collection of math memes that will make true nerds laugh! These funny gems use humor to brighten any math class! The post 30 Math Memes Only True Nerds Will Appreciate first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Black holes that form in 'reverse Big Bang replays' could account for dark energy

Black hole formation could be a little Big Bang in reverse, coupling the matter of a dying star with dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.

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Why is the American right obsessed with IQ?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: With Trump and his followers repeatedly using ‘low IQ’ as an attack line in this election, Roisin Lanigan explores the ploy of invoking an intelligence scale born of eugenics and racism

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60 Clever Things Under $35 That Are Einstein-Level Genius

From your car to your kitchen, these things are bound to make your life easier.

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32 physics experiments that changed the world

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world.

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Dark energy: could the mysterious force seen as constant actually vary over cosmic time?

As I finished my PhD in 1992, the universe was full of mystery – we didn’t even know exactly what it is made of. One could argue that cosmologists had made little progress in our understanding of these basic facts since the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the…

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James Webb Space Telescope finds supernova 'Hope' that could finally resolve major astronomy debate

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant cosmic explosion that erupted in the early universe called "supernova Hope" that could help resolve lingering "Hubble trouble."

Space

This church is about to lose its title of the tallest in the world

Although Ulm was destroyed by a World War II bombing raid in 1944, the church itself remained upright

The Independent UK

The universe is smoother than the standard model of cosmology suggests – so is the theory broken?

Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is perhaps understandable that we haven’t yet cracked all its secrets. But there are actually some pretty basic features, ones we used to think we could explain, that cosmologists are increasingly struggling to make sense of.

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Occult? Try upstairs! Inside the world’s weirdest library, now open to the public

It has folders marked ‘Grasping the victim’s head’ and now – after a £15m revamp and some help from Albert Einstein and the patron saint of the internet – the extraordinary Warburg Institute is letting passersby in to view its ‘books emanating sorcery’

The Guardian - UK

The largest Einstein Cross ever discovered dwells among a rare 'carousel' of galaxies

The largest Einstein Cross dwells among a rare arrangement of seven gravitationally lensed galaxies called the Carousel Lens located between 7 billion and 12 billion light-years from Earth.

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Stephen Hawking's black hole radiation paradox could finally be solved — if black holes aren't what they seem

New research suggests that black holes may actually be "frozen stars," bizarre quantum objects that lack a singularity and an event horizon, potentially solving some of the biggest paradoxes in black hole physics.

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World’s first tape recorders, colour TV broadcast, MiniDisc and Einstein: 12 highlights from 100 years of IFA

As one of the oldest electronics trade shows turns 100, we highlight the top technology moments from IFA Berlin's history.

Inverse

Exclusive: Inside the Quest to Create the First-Ever Movie of A Black Hole

The international team that delivered the first image of a black hole is now dreaming up how to make black hole movies.

Inverse

Astronomers Simulated How A Supermassive Black Hole Annihilates A Star — And It Is A Must-See

Giant black holes in the centres of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars.

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The Event Horizon Telescope Just Made A Major Breakthrough — Black Holes Can Now Be Seen in ‘Color Vision’

This planet-sized telescope just took a major step towards delivering the first video ever of a churning supermassive black hole.

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32 well-known 'facts' that are actually complete myths

Well-known 'facts' sometimes turn out to be complete myths, but do you know which ones?

Space

What happens when your warp drive fails? Scientists have the answer

Scientists have "boldly gone" where no one has gone before, discovering what would happen if a faster-than-light warp drive like the one used in Star Trek were to fail.

The Conversation

Watch a star get destroyed by a supermassive black hole in the first simulation of its kind

Giant black holes in the centres of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars.

Space

Small black holes could play 'hide-and-seek' with elusive supermassive black hole pairs

Small pairs of binary black holes could be used to play hide-and-seek' with elusive supermassive black hole binaries via gravitational waves carry the "baritone singing" of these cosmic titans.

Space

10 of Futurama's smartest science references and gags

Good news, everyone! With "Futurama" season 12 about to land, here are 10 of the best science and math-based jokes from the sci-fi comedy's 25-year history.

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The Guardian view on the beauty of numbers: new ways of seeing reality

Editorial: Maths is a language that has helped humanity lay bare the mysteries of the universe

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