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How a 27-Year-Old Rewrote the Story of the Universe Section
Adam Riess helped build one of the most important scientific theories of the last century. His measurements changed how physicists understand the cosmos, earned him a Nobel Prize in Physics, and shaped the story humanity tells itself about how everything ends. Now he wants to tear that story apart. At 55, Riess sits in his…
Conspiracy Theorists Believe CERN Has Already Moved Us Into Another Reality
For most people, the restart of a massive scientific machine buried beneath the border of France and Switzerland would barely register beyond a passing headline. But for a growing number of internet users, it has become something far more unsettling and strangely personal. When CERN powered up the Large Hadron Collider again after years of…
Astronomers Receive 800,000 Cosmic Alerts in a Single Night
High in the Chilean Andes, on a dry mountaintop far from city lights, a new astronomical observatory has begun quietly watching the universe with unprecedented attention. Within hours of activating one of its most anticipated systems, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory delivered a staggering message to the global astronomy community. On its very first night…