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After decades of hunting, physicists still don’t know what makes up most of the universe’s matter. Now they need to cast a wider net.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb argues 3I/ATLAS and other interstellar objects may hint at alien technology, drawing fame, funding, and fierce criticism.

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"We asked what happens if the thermodynamic process behind gravity is not just heat flow," Magueijo explained. "In ordinary thermodynamics, heat is almost never the whole story: There may also be ...

Our universe is known to be remarkably homogeneous and isotropic. This essentially means that matter is distributed evenly ...