The Largest Object in the Universe Breaks the Laws of Physics
AdultsAstronomyPhysicsScienceIn March 2025, astronomers announced the "largest cosmic structure discovered to date". They called it Quipu. And Quipu is just the latest entry in a list of structures that are too big for cosmologists to explain without revisiting one of the most fundamental assumptions they have about the universe.
Surprise: There was a universe before the Big Bang | Ethan Siegel
AdultsAstronomyPhilosophyPhysicsScience"Asking the question of, where did the entire universe come from, is no longer a question for poets and theologians and philosophers.
What Would Happen If We Just Kept Digging?
AdultsEnvironmentGeologyPhysicsScienceThe deepest hole we've ever been able to dig is just 0.2 percent of the way to the center of the Earth. What would we encounter if we could drill all the way?