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Chapter 1
Bartusiak, Marcia. “Listening for gravity waves.” Science News. Vol. 189, No. 5, March 5, 2016, p. 24
Slosson, Edwin E. “How big can a star be?” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 11, No. 320, May 28, 1927, p. 343
Ewing, Ann. “‘Black holes’ in space.” The Science News-Letter. Vol 85, No. 3, Jan. 18, 1964, p. 39
Thomsen, Dietrick E. “Black holes: No longer hypothetical.” Science News. Vol. 103, No. 2, Jan. 13, 1973, p. 28
“No mini black holes yet.” Science News. Vol. 112, No. 5, July 30, 1977, p. 73
Cowen, Ron. “Monster black holes.” Science News. Vol 142, No. 18, Oct. 31, 1992, p. 296
Cowen, Ron. “Repaired Hubble finds giant black hole.” Science News. Vol. 145, No. 23, June 4, 1994, p. 356
Drake, Nadia. “Black hole’s veil peeled back to reveal bases of powerful jets.” Science News. Vol. 182, No. 9, Nov. 3, 2012, p. 10
Grant, Andrew. “Hawking radiation created in the lab.” Science News. Vol. 186, No. 10, Nov. 15, 2014, p. 14
Grant, Andrew. “The mysterious boundary.” Science News. Vol. 185, No. 11, May 31, 2014, p. 16
Chapter 2
Witze, Alexandra. “Everlasting light.” Science News. Vol. 184, No. 5, Sept. 7, 2013, p. 22
“Sky pinwheels are stellar universes 6,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 5, No. 191, Dec. 6, 1924, p. 2
“Dr. Hubble finds galaxies evenly scattered in space.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 18, No. 506, Dec. 20, 1930, p. 387
“Nebulae hold sky’s ‘speed record.’” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 17, No. 480, June 21, 1930, p. 390
Eberhart, J. “Hubble finally has the stars in its eyes.” Science News. Vol. 137, No. 21, May 26, 1990, p. 325
Cowen, Ron. “Cosmic dawn.” Science News. Vol. 161, No. 23, June 8, 2002, p. 362
Cowen, Ron. “Explosive tales.” Science News. Vol. 166, No. 24, Dec. 11, 2004, p. 378
Witze, Alexandra. “At home in the universe.” Science News. Vol. 181, No. 12, June 16, 2012, p. 22
Drake, Nadia. “Galaxy cluster extremely fertile.” Science News. Vol. 182, No. 6, Sept. 22, 2012, p. 8
Sumner, Thomas. “A third of the population can’t see the Milky Way at night.” Science News. Vol. 190, No. 1, July 9, 2016, p. 32
Chapter 3
Crockett, Christopher. “Searching for distant signals.” Science News. Vol. 186, No. 3, August 9, 2014, p. 22
Crockett, Christopher. “Repeating fast radio burst recorded.” Science News. Vol. 189, No. 7, April 2, 2016, p. 12
Ewing, Ann. “Quasars are ‘crazy.’” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 86, No. 7, August 15, 1964, p. 106
Cowen, Ron. “New view of quasars sheds light on origin.” Science News. Vol. 150, No. 21, Nov. 23, 1996, p. 326
Cowen, Ron. “Powerhouse astronomy.” Science News. Vol. 166, No. 1, July 3, 2004, p. 4
“Neutron stars: The strangest signals reaching Earth.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 93, No. 11, March 16, 1968, p. 255
Cowen, Ron. “Let there be spin.” Science News. Vol. 162, No. 2, July 13, 2002, p. 24
Thomsen, Dietrick E. “The mystery of the cosmic gamma-ray zaps.” Science News. Vol. 105, No. 22, June 1, 1974, p. 357
Cowen, Ron. “Blasts from the past.” Science News. Vol. 169, No. 6, Feb. 11, 2006, p. 88
“Greatest ray shower.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 79, No. 23, June 10, 1961, p. 356
Peterson, Ivars. “Turning a fly’s eye on energetic cosmic rays.” Science News. Vol. 144, No. 23, Dec. 4, 1993, p. 372
Drake, Nadia. “Chasing a cosmic engine.” Science News. Vol. 182, No. 1, July 14, 2012, p. 16
Grant, Andrew. “Alien high-energy neutrinos detected.” Science News. Vol. 184, No. 13, Dec. 28, 2013, p. 6
Chapter 4
Siegfried, Tom. “Cosmic question mark.” Science News. Vol. 185, No. 7, April 5, 2014, p. 18
“Scientist says universe is actually exploding.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 20, No. 548, Oct. 10, 1931, p. 228
“Einstein and de Sitter return to Euclidean idea of cosmos.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 21, No. 573, April 2, 1932, p. 207
“Atom started universe.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 48, No. 10, Sept. 8, 1945, p. 149
“Discuss origin of universe.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 76, No. 2, July 11, 1959, p. 22
Thomsen, Dietrick E. “Remnants of the primeval fireball believed aglow.” Vol. 93, No. 24, June 15, 1968, p. 575
“Will the universe expand forever?” Science News. Vol. 108, No. 19, Nov. 8, 1975, p. 293
Thomsen, Dietrick E. “The new inflationary nothing universe.” Science News. Vol. 123, No. 7, Feb. 12, 1983, p. 108
Sackett, Penny D. “A computer-generated cosmic portfolio.” Science News. Vol. 124, No. 18, Oct. 29, 1983, p. 282
Stroh, Michael. “COBE causes Big Bang in cosmology.” Science News. Vol. 141, No. 18, May 2, 1992, p. 292
Cowen, Ron. “Cosmological controversy: Inflation, texture and waves.” Science News. Vol. 143, No. 21, May 22, 1993, p. 328
Cowen, Ron. “Eyeing evidence of primordial helium.” Science News. Vol. 147, No. 24, June 17, 1995, p. 372
Grant, Andrew. “Lab tests mystery of lithium levels.” Science News. Vol. 186, No. 3, August 9, 2014, p. 6
Cowen, Ron. “Age of the cosmos: a first consensus.” Science News. Vol. 149, No. 19, May 11, 1996, p. 292
Cowen, Ron. “Balloon sounds out the early universe.” Science News. Vol. 157, No. 18, April 29, 2000, p. 276
Cowen, Ron. “State of the universe.” Science News. Vol. 173, No. 11, March 15, 2008, p. 163
Witze, Alexandra. “Inflation on trial.” Science News. Vol. 182, No. 2, July 28, 2012, p. 20
Crockett, Christopher. “Gravitational wave discovery gives way to dust.” Science News. Vol. 186, No. 8, Oct. 8, 2014, p. 7
Chapter 5
Siegfried, Tom. “Light in the dark.” Science News. Vol. 183, No. 1, Jan. 12, 2013, p. 18
“Celestial pinwheel.” The Science News-Letter. Vol. 35, No. 18, May 6, 1939, p. 287
Thomsen, Dietrick E. “A closed universe may be axionomatic.” Science News. Vol. 125, No. 25, June 23, 1984, p. 396
Cowen, Ron. “Battle over WIMPs goes another round.” Science News. Vol. 173, No. 16, May 10, 2008, p. 13
Cowen, Ron. “Mining for missing matter.” Science News. Vol. 178, No. 5, August 28, 2010, p. 22
Drake, Nadia. “Dark matter, where art thou?” Science News. Vol. 181, No. 10, May 19, 2012, p. 5
Cowen, Ron. “Studies support an accelerating universe.” Science News. Vol. 154, No. 277, Oct. 31, 1998, p. 277
Cowen, Ron. “Embracing the dark side.” Science News. Vol. 173, No. 5, Feb. 2, 2008, p. 74
Cowen, Ron. “Data from galaxy clusters suggests dark energy is constant over time.” Science News. Vol. 175, No. 1, Jan. 3, 2009, p. 9
Chapter 6
Cowen, Ron. “Pre-Bang branes and bubbles.” Science News. Vol. 179, No. 9, April 23, 2011, p. 22
Crenson, Matt. “Strung together.” Science News. Vol. 179, No. 9, April 23, 2011, p. 26
Siegfried, Tom. “Strings link the ultracold with the superhot.” Science News. Vol. 175, No. 9, April 25, 2009, p. 26
Siegfried, Tom. “Success in coping with infinity could strengthen case for multiple universes.” Science News. Vol. 175, No. 12, June 6, 2009, p. 26
Steele, Diana. “When worlds collide.” Science News. Vol. 173, No. 18, June 7, 2008, p. 22
Siegfried, Tom. “Out of the fabric.” Science News. Vol. 179, No. 9, April 23, 2011, p. 28
Steele, Diana. “Hunting hidden dimensions.” Science News. Vol. 176, No. 7, Sept. 26, 2009, p. 22