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Our creative universe
So I’m at a party a dozen years ago in Oakland, California—I think it’s in my own living room, though I can’t remember for sure. Downstairs the salsa music is blaring, but up here people are gathered in threes and … Continue reading
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Tagged astrophysics, Big Bang, cosmology, dark energy, Saul Perlmutter, science, universe
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Finding what you don’t expect: A runaway universe
Yesterday I talked about astrophysicists’ love for being perplexed. These days, a hot topic of wonder and perplexity is the accelerating speed of the universe. I remember when I first heard the surprising news. It was a decade or so … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Filippenko, astrophysics, cosmology, dark energy, Michelle Thaller, origins of the universe, Saul Perlmutter, science, space
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