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Hubble telescope achieves deepest view yet

Looking back in time with the Hubble Space Telescope

In a new study, Hubble astronomers have observed deeper into space than ever before. In doing so, they have identified six new galaxies of stars that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang itself. The study also updates a distance estimate for a seventh galaxy, placing it further back in time [...]

Universe could grind to a halt and time itself will slow down, new radical theory suggests

Scientists say time itself is slowing down until eventually, in billions of years time, it will cease altogether

A new radical theory by academics suggests that time itself could be slowing down – and may eventually grind to a halt altogether. The latest mind-bending findings – put forward by researchers working at two Spanish universities – proposes that we have all been fooled into thinking the universe is expanding. In fact, the scientists [...]

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