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Ask Ethan: What’s the deal with cosmic inflation and the Big Bang?

Ask Ethan: What’s the deal with cosmic inflation and the Big Bang?

Almost everyone asserts that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything, followed by inflation. Has everyone gotten the order wrong?
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Ethan Siegel
Einstein: the lone genius is pure mythology

Einstein: the lone genius is pure mythology

Many mavericks look to Einstein as a unique figure, whose lone genius revolutionized the Universe. The big problem? It isn’t true.
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Ethan Siegel
8 lessons on lifelong learning from an astrophysicist

8 lessons on lifelong learning from an astrophysicist

Beyond stars, galaxies, and gravity, studying the fundamental workings of nature reveals widely applicable lessons for learners everywhere.
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Ethan Siegel
How has the James Webb Space Telescope changed cosmology?

How has the James Webb Space Telescope changed cosmology?

More than two years after JWST began science operations, our Universe now looks very different. Here are its biggest science contributions.
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Ethan Siegel
Euclid mission reveals “page 1” of our cosmic story

Euclid mission reveals “page 1” of our cosmic story

What are dark matter and dark energy? The large-scale structure of the cosmos encodes them both, with ESA’s Euclid mission leading the way.
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Ethan Siegel
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