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Cosmology

  • When did the lights first come on in the universe? A galaxy close to the dawn of time gives a clue

    When did the lights first come on in the universe? A galaxy close to the dawn of time gives a clue

    James Geach, The Conversation
    · May 22, 2018 · 08:30 pm
  • Why Stephen Hawking thought M-theory could prove to be the elusive ‘theory of everything’

    Why Stephen Hawking thought M-theory could prove to be the elusive ‘theory of everything’

    Lorenzo Bianchi, The Conversation
    · Mar 18, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • Video: Meet the two Indian engineers who helped Stephen Hawking talk

    Video: Meet the two Indian engineers who helped Stephen Hawking talk

    Astha Rawat
    · Mar 15, 2018 · 07:54 am
  • Five scientists explain why Stephen Hawking was important to them – and the world

    Five scientists explain why Stephen Hawking was important to them – and the world

    Alan Duffy, The Conversation Alice Gorman, The Conversation Jonti Horner, The Conversation Lisa Harvey-Smith, The Conversation Matthew Bailes, The Conversation Steven Tingay, The Conversation
    · Mar 14, 2018 · 04:05 pm
  • Crashing neutron stars killed off some of our best ideas about ‘dark energy’

    Crashing neutron stars killed off some of our best ideas about ‘dark energy’

    Thomas Kitching, The Conversation
    · Dec 15, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • The idea of creating a new universe in the laboratory is no longer a joke

    The idea of creating a new universe in the laboratory is no longer a joke

    Zeeya Merali
    · Jun 17, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • 'We discovered Earth when we went to the moon.' Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson analyse a famous photo

    'We discovered Earth when we went to the moon.' Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson analyse a famous photo

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 01, 2016 · 05:00 pm
  • Five myths about gravitational waves

    Five myths about gravitational waves

    Siri Chongchitnan, The Conversation
    · Jan 13, 2016 · 03:30 pm