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Can physics do for maths what maths has done for physics?
A quick tour to some of Hawking's most significant achievements.
Since he Universe is all there is, there's nothing for it to expand into. So what does "expansion" mean?
Cosmology has an ambitious goal: to understand the Universe in its entirety. Find out more here.
The cosmic microwave background is the earliest light we can see in the Universe. So important is this baby picture of the Universe, it's been involved in two Nobel Prizes. Why?
Some of the Universe's most important secrets are hidden in the shape of a beautiful undulating curve: the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave spectrum. This article explains how.
Physicists believe that around 82% of all the matter in the Universe is invisible dark matter. But if it's invisible how do they know it's there?