SCIENCE

Starts With A Bang podcast #122 — Galaxy evolution and JWST | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

This image shows a tiny sliver of the COSMOS-Web survey, with galaxies at a variety of distances along with a…

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Macroscopic quantum tunneling wins 2025’s Nobel Prize in physics | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size Most of us are familiar with the experience of throwing…

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Ask Ethan: How and when will the Universe die? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size When multiple masses interact under their own mutual gravitation, the…

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What do distant observers see when they look at Earth? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This depiction of an Earth-like exoplanet showcases a rocky world…

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The 5 biggest mysteries about the origin of our Universe | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

A period of cosmic inflation stretched space flat, seeding the Universe with quantum fluctuations. Press enter or click to view…

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Ask Ethan: Where are we located relative to the Big Bang? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size Artist’s logarithmic scale conception of the observable universe. The Solar…

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The Big Bang doesn’t mean what it used to | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Sep, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size From a pre-existing state, inflation predicts that a series of…

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Ask Ethan: What is the true purpose of scientific peer review? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Sep, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size A reviewer analyzes and evaluates a manuscript based on its…

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LIGO’s 10th anniversary gift confirms Hawking’s theorem | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Sep, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This aerial view shows the main science hub of the…

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Ask Ethan: Where does cosmic dust come from? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Sep, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size Dark, dusty molecular clouds, like Barnard 59, part of the…

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