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April 6, 2021
MagazineSamanth Subramanian
The Mysteries of Stephen Hawking’s Universe
Why did “A Brief History of Time” make its author the most famous scientist in the world?
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Gwyneth Kelly
The sound of two black holes colliding a billion light-years away is “a fleeting chirp.”
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How Dark Matter Gave Shape to the Universe
The mysterious particles may have indirectly paved the way for humanity—and killed the dinosaurs
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Ian Steadman
Stephen Hawking Stopped Believing in Black Holes

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