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A new study challenges the widely accepted idea that the universe began with a rapid expansion known as inflation. Instead, researchers from Spain and Italy propose that gravitational waves, predicted ...
To understand gravity, Einstein had to rethink space and time as a single connected fabric. He showed that mass bends this fabric, guiding how everything moves. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org ...