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May 16, 2017

Physicists Can’t Agree on What Science Even Means Anymore

A nerd fight has broken out over whether cosmic inflation—one of the most widely accepted theories in physics—breaks the rules of testability. The post Physicists Can't Agree on What Science Even Means Anymore appeared first on WIRED.

April 23, 2017

Inside the Hunt for the Source of a Mysterious Cosmic Burst

After a surprise discovery, astrophysicists are racing to understand superenergetic flashes of radio waves that sometimes beep out from distant galaxies. The post Inside the Hunt for the Source of a Mysterious Cosmic Burst appeared first on WIRED.

April 5, 2017

The Search for the Universe’s Missing Antimatter Remains Annoyingly Nebulous

The Big Bang produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter. But our universe is mostly matter. What happened to the antimatter? The post The Search for the Universe's Missing Antimatter Remains Annoyingly Nebulous appeared first on WIRED.

January 14, 2017

The Man Who’s Trying to Kill Dark Matter

A proposed theory of gravity does away with dark matter, even as new astrophysical findings challenge the need for galaxies full of the invisible particles. The post The Man Who's Trying to Kill Dark Matter appeared first on WIRED.

January 6, 2017

The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts Only Gets More Beautiful From Here

To understand what will happen next in the ongoing case of the super-energetic fast radio bursts, look to the discoveries of pulsars and gamma-ray bursts. The post The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts Only Gets More Beautiful From Here appeared first on WIRED.

January 6, 2017

The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts Only Gets More Beautiful From Here

September 10, 2016

Colliding Black Holes Tell the New Story of Stars

Just months after their discovery, gravitational waves coming from the mergers of black holes are shaking up astrophysics. The post Colliding Black Holes Tell the New Story of Stars appeared first on WIRED.

May 14, 2016

Meet Janna Levin, the Chillest Astrophysicist Alive

The astrophysicist, conceptual writer and host of standing-room-only scientific soirees at a repurposed factory in Brooklyn sees science as a powerful force in culture. The post Meet Janna Levin, the Chillest Astrophysicist Alive appeared first on WIRED.

March 5, 2016

After Two Black Holes Collide, a Puzzling Flash

Is the flash just a cosmic coincidence, or will it force astrophysicists to rethink what black holes can do? The post After Two Black Holes Collide, a Puzzling Flash appeared first on WIRED.

February 11, 2016

Scientists Spot the Gravitational Waves that Flex the Universe

Direct evidence at last for gravitational waves, ripples in spacetime that Einstein predicted 100 years ago, comes from a years-long Big Physics project.

The post Scientists Spot the Gravitational Waves that Flex the Universe appeared first on WIRED.