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Where Is The Center of The Universe?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

The universe may not have a center at all—yet the Big Bang can still be “pointed to” from anywhere, thanks to how spacetime geometry works in general...

Cosmological PrincipleFLRW CosmologyNull Geodesics

What Happened Before the Big Bang?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Inflationary cosmology offers a concrete answer to what might have happened “before” the hot, dense Big Bang: the universe likely underwent a phase...

Inflation TheoryInflaton FieldEternal Inflation

How Many Universes Are There?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Eternal inflation replaces a single Big Bang with an endlessly growing “multiverse” of bubble universes—so many that even extremely tiny chances per...

Eternal InflationBubble UniversesAnthropic Principle

Supervoids vs Colliding Universes!

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

A giant cold patch in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)—about 150 microkelvins below average and roughly 10 degrees across—has long fueled...

Cosmic Microwave BackgroundIntegrated Sachs–Wolfe EffectSupervoids

Are Axions Dark Matter?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Axions are a leading candidate for solving a major mismatch between quantum theory and experiment in the strong nuclear force—and they may also...

AxionsStrong CP ProblemPeccei–Quinn Mechanism

Why The Multiverse Could Be Real

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

The multiverse idea sits at the center of a high-stakes physics debate: whether positing many universes is a legitimate way to explain why our...

Multiverse TypesAnthropic PrincipleString Landscape

Are there Infinite Versions of You?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

An infinite universe would make “infinite yous” hard to avoid—not because every possible outcome must occur, but because the laws of physics and the...

Infinite UniverseInfinite Monkey TheoremCosmological Initial Conditions

How To Become an Astrophysicist + Challenge Question!

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

A career in astrophysics hinges less on raw talent than on surviving a long, numbers-heavy pipeline—especially the PhD-to-permanent-job...

Becoming an AstrophysicistPhD AdmissionsAstrophysics Career Advice