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Space

Time appears to run five times slower in the early universe

A phenomenon called cosmological time dilation means that events taking place in the early universe seem to evolve slower than those today

News

Humans could bring microbes into space

Space

Space germs: How can we avoid contaminating other worlds?

News

Physics

Nuclear clocks could be the best timepiece in the universe

News

CE8NB6 Illustration showing galaxy giant whirlpool in space galaxy's effect on space image shows how gravity galaxy warps local

Physics

To create a wormhole that doesn't collapse, you need exotic matter

Features

A dense collection of stars covers the view. Towards the centre the stars become even more dense in a circular region, and also more blue. Around the edges there are some redder foreground stars, and many small stars in the background.

Physics

Why darkness between stars reveals more about the universe than light

News

A super-Earth orbiting its red-dwarf

Physics

Are there planets that are better for life than Earth?

Comment

Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view

Society

Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view

Features

Daylight saving time change, spring forward

Comment

Saving Time review: We need a longer sense of time – based on nature

Culture

NGC 1858 is an open star cluster in the northwest region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that has an abundance of star-forming regions

Physics

How are the atoms that form us forged across the universe?

News

Atomic clock components sit in a laboratory setting, a blue light laser shines through a metal chamber, partially obscured by a pair of lenses

Physics

Most accurate molecular clock yet uses extremely cold strontium

A clock that ticks using vibrations of strontium molecules could be used to test Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity or to search for forces that have yet to be described

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People with low incomes spend longer waiting for basic services in US

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Physics

Quantum trick sees light move forwards and back in time simultaneously

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Environment

Annual US clock change kills 33 people and 36,500 deer in car crashes

News

Physics

Quantum watch is a 'completely new way of measuring time'

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