Cosmic laboratories articles
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A 'cosmic glitch' in gravity: New model may explain strange behavior on a cosmic scale
A group of researchers at the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia have discovered a potential "cosmic glitch" in the universe's gravity, explaining its strange behavior on a cosmic scale.
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The better way to measure cosmic time
There are a number of grand questions we can ask about the Universe that cut right to the very core of what reality actually is, and were some of the biggest head-scratchers for all of human history. Questions like, “What is the Universe?” “How big is it?” and “Was it eternal, or did it spring into existence, and if so, when?” used to be some of the greatest philosophical mysteries, and yet the last 100 years have provided firm, scientific answers. We know what the Universe is, we know that the...
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Playball under the blacklight. Cosmic Baseball comes to Virginia!
Glow-in-the-dark Cosmic Baseball is coming to Virginia. The Tri-City Chili Peppers will make baseball history when it becomes the first team to play baseball under black light.