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Astronomy and space

Uncovering the universe’s invisible secrets

15 Aug 2022 Laura Hiscott
Taken from the August 2022 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Out of sight, beyond imagination".

Laura Hiscott reviews The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell

Ngc6217 galaxy
Dark truths Images like this, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, let us see deep into the universe – this spiral galaxy, NGC 6217, is 60 million light-years away. (Courtesy: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)
Like many people, I was afraid of the dark as a child. I would struggle to sleep in a pitch-black ro

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