OUR PLACE in the UNIVERSE.

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  • Author(s): Rees, Martin
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Sep2020, Vol. 323 Issue 3, p58-64. 7p. 3 Color Photographs, 5 Graphs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ASTRONOMERS; PHYSICS; NEUTRON stars; GRAVITATIONAL waves; QUANTUM mechanics
    • Abstract:
      The article describes how astronomers revealed a much bigger and stronger cosmos than anyone suspected. Topics include astronomers have pinned down universe's expansion rate; they have worked out new laws of physics governing space, general relativity and quantum mechanics; and laws predicted cosmic oddities such as black holes, neutron stars and gravitational waves.