Cosmology

A New Theory Says We Have Been More Than Others

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A picture of Cosmic Inflation

One of the biggest unsolved problems in physics has to do with combining quantum mechanics and general relativity – two theories that are equally successful. And the latest attempt to close the bridge brings into the equation the explosion that started everything: the Big Bang. In a recent paper in Physical Review Letters, physicists at … Read more

Groundbreaking new theory rewrites the quantum view of the Big Bang

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Groundbreaking new theory rewrites the quantum view of the Big Bang

A Theory of Gravity That Could Rewrite the Universe’s First Minutes The first fraction of a second after the Big Bang has always posed a problem. Physics can explain a lot about the universe once it’s stable and expanding, but in the beginning, when heat and energy were extremes, it was still hard to pin … Read more