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Perseus: A galaxy cluster located about 240 million light years from Earth

New data tests 'theory of everything'

19 Mar 2020

One of the biggest ideas in physics is the possibility that all known forces, particles, and interactions can be connected in one framework. String...

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Stephen Hawking

Taming the multiverse: Stephen Hawking’s final theory about the big bang

02 May 2018

Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor Thomas Hertog from KU...

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Strings that surprise: how a theory scaled up

04 Mar 2014

In August 1984 two physicists arrived at a formula that transformed our understanding of string theory, an achievement now recognised by a major...

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