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The plucky probe that put the big bang theory to the test

30 years ago, cosmologists launched the COBE satellite to glimpse the “afterglow of creation”. Its measurements revealed the universe’s history and fate in unprecedented detail

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Why dark matter's no-show could mean a big bang rethink

Physics

Why dark matter's no-show could mean a big bang rethink

Features

Manual Override exhibition

Physics

Don’t miss: Art meets science, atoms find love and numbers grow curves

Culture

Polling station

Physics

Tactical voting campaign says maths can solve the UK's political mess

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traveller in fog

Physics

Einstein killed the aether. Now the idea is back to save relativity

Features

Google's quantum computer

Technology

Timeline: A brief history of quantum computing from 1980 to 2100

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Exoplanets

Physics

AI could solve baffling three-body problem that stumped Isaac Newton

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An employee collects newly-manufactured pills from a machine

Technology

Quantum supremacy: What can we do with a quantum computer?

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Padlock to represent computer security breach

Technology

Quantum supremacy: Will quantum computers break the internet for good?

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Google's sycamore chip

Technology

Google's qubit rivals: The race to useful quantum computers has begun

Google recently claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy, but many companies are still hoping their own quantum computers will soon overtake Google's

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Physics

Google hits back at IBM's quantum supremacy challenge

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Physics

Mathematician Eugenia Cheng on the abstract wonder of category theory

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Physics

It’s official: Google has achieved quantum supremacy

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Physics

IBM says Google may not have reached quantum supremacy after all

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