Big Bang Brings Big Prize
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The work of two Americans didn't prove the "big bang" theory but certainly advanced the argument for it, prompting the chairman of the Nobel committee for physics to declare it "one of the greatest discoveries of the century."  It also brought them the Nobel Prize for physics.
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Regardless, space competitions are poised to become big business.
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Since a Nobel-winning discovery, cosmology has gotten more complicated.
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And the winners in this generation&#39;s latest space race accepted a $10 million prize while promising a ticket to the heavens. All the key players involved with the Ansari X Prize landed at the St.
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UK physicists finish a crucial element of a device that will probe the forces that shape our Universe.
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Big Bang was Big Bounce So it turns out that the universe didn't begin with a big bang, after all. No. It was a big boing, the result of a previous universe contracting before bouncing back out to become ours. This is the latest news from the mutantly clever quantum cosmologists at Penn State university.â¦
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Three American scientists won the  2004 Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for showing how tiny quark  particles interact, helping to explain everything from how a  coin spins to how the universe was built.
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Evidence is found to tie the structure of the Universe to ripples in the density of matter at the dawn of time.
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The world's leading center for research into the origins of matter on Wednesday took a giant step toward the launch of a 15-year experiment which scientists hope will unlock many secrets of the universe.
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The X Prize and Next Fest team up to offer the biggest X Prize ever, winner to be announced on September 13 in Los Angeles.
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UK physicists have completed the first crucial element of an experimental device designed to probe the forces that shape our Universe.
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A cosmic explosion that seems to have come out of nowhere&#x2014;thousands of light-years from the nearest collection of stars&#x2014;has left astronomers baffled.
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Every year for more than 20 years, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded a Nobel Prize for physics. And every year, Frank Wilczek has looked forward to the announcement with a mixture of excitement and dread.
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pioneering bid to win a $10 million (5.6 million pounds) prize and prove that space is open for business. space travel as ordinary as a Caribbean cruise.
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A supernova spotted by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe more than four centuries ago - which changed the course of human knowledge - has just yielded a further discovery: the companion star that triggered the great event.
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A rocket has been launched carrying a satellite to track and study the most powerful explosions seen in the universe since the Big Bang.
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HILO, Hawai&#39;i - Scientists released images yesterday of a collision of two galaxy clusters as they crash into each other like immense storm systems, a process that releases more energy than anything but the Big Bang itself.