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Scientists know our universe is expanding. Now they have a better idea how fast. Cosmologists who study the universe know it began with the big bang and has been expanding from a single point ever ...

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New map of the Universe. On the night of 14 April, a cosmology project completed its initial five-year mission to create the most detailed 3D map of the Universe so far. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...