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This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the ...

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The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

An artist's concept of multiple types of subatomic particles. Forget about turtles; for all practical purposes, it’s really particles all the way down. Consider the seemingly simple matter of their ...