At first glance, the darkness of space seems obvious — but according to physics, it shouldn’t be dark at all. Known as Olbers ...
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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new paper adjusts an equation that defines our universe in response to recent new data. The cosmological constant, which describes how our universe ...
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