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Mercury Could Be Smaller Than Its Ancient Size By Miles
Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years, but scientists may have seriously underestimated how much the planet has contracted. A new analysis suggests its roughest terrain has been hiding evidence of that dramatic change. The revised estimate puts Mercury’s radial contraction between 6.9 and 11.6 kilometers. At the upper end, that could mean the…
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James Webb Telescope Just Confirmed a Cosmic Mystery That Physics Cannot Explain
For decades, astronomers believed they were steadily building a complete understanding of the cosmos. Every new telescope, every deep space observation, and every scientific breakthrough seemed to bring humanity closer to answering some of the universe’s biggest questions. Researchers felt increasingly confident that the fundamental laws governing cosmic expansion were well understood. That confidence was…
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James Webb Telescope Strengthens Evidence Of A Major Problem In Cosmology
For decades, scientists believed they had a firm grasp on how the universe grows and evolves, but what if the cosmos isn’t playing by our rules? Unprecedented new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope are shining a light on a profound mystery, suggesting the universe is expanding far faster than current physics can explain.…
