Monday, June 29, 2026
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Ripples in spacetime and the universe's most controversial number

Douglas Adams told us the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. If only cosmology were so straightforward. Astronomers have been arguing for years about a number every bit as fundamental, and they still can't agree on it.

Ripples in spacetime and the universe's most controversial number
Image: Phys.org
Douglas Adams told us the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. If only cosmology were so straightforward. Astronomers have been arguing for years about a number every bit as fundamental, and they still can't agree on it.

Originally published at Phys.org

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