: all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc.
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Last month, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope pinpointed the host galaxy of the most distant FRB yet, one that went off when the universe was only about 3 billion years old.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
11 Nov. 2026 Early in the universe’s history, these differences left cosmic patterns that stretch across millions of light-years.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2026 Observing neutrino interactions and how slight mass differences change their flavor can help explain why the universe has more matter than antimatter.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2026 Telescopes peered to the edges of the universe, returning images of galaxies colliding and stars being born.—
Andrew Zuckerman,
Popular Science,
7 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the universe