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The Age of the Universe

Astronomers have managed to determine the age of the universe...

Galactic Disruption

"Galaxies are fragile things" says Professor Silk in this short...

The Creation of the Chemical Elements

Understanding the birth and death and stars is key to...

A Fossil from the Big Bang

Professor Joseph Silk describes what we have learned about the...

Galactic Collisions

Was Einstein Right?

One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein completed his General Theory...

When Does Time Slow Down? GPS and Relativity

Professor Andersson explains the relationship between General Relativity and the...

The Stretchy Pants Experiment

Why is the Moon's gravity pulling Earth? Professor Andersson suggests...

The First Stars

Eddington once famously said that a physicist on a cloud-bound...

Free Speech and the Study of History

A growing number of countries have so-called memory laws, ranging...