An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos

The early universe was kind of like a big game of musical chairs – scientists are figuring out how many particles were able to find ‘seats’ to understand the cosmos.

By: Cara Giovanetti, University of California, Berkeley, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: September 25, 2026

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Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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By Cara Giovanetti, University of California, Berkeley

Could you imagine if pagers made a comeback? Sure, your smartphone would still be your notepad-flashlight-camera-personal assistant-MP3 player-wallet-social media browser. But imagine if pagers made it so easy to do that one important thing – pinging your friends and associates – that we all brought them back into our lives, or adopted them for the first time.

A redemption arc like this is happening in cosmology, the study of …

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