Extreme Universe (October 2005)
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Is the Universe Out of Tune?; Extreme Universe; by Glenn D. Starkman and Dominik J. Schwarz; 8 Page(s)

Like the discord of key instruments in a skillful orchestra quietly playing the wrong piece, mysterious discrepancies have arisen between theory and observations of the "music" of the cosmic microwave background. Either the measurements are wrong or the universe is stranger than we thought (originally published August 2005)

The Midlife Crisis of the Cosmos; Extreme Universe; by Amy J. Barger; 8 Page(s)

Although it is not as active as it used to be, the universe is still forming stars and building black holes at an impressive pace (originally published January 2005)

Magnetars; Extreme Universe; by Chryssa Kouveliotou, Robert C. Duncan and Christopher Thompson; 8 Page(s)

Some stars are magnetized so intensely that they emit huge bursts of magnetic energy and alter the very nature of the quantum vacuum (originally published February 2003)

Parallel Universes; Extreme Universe; by Max Tegmark; 12 Page(s)

Not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations (originally published May 2003)

Information in the Holographic Universe; Extreme Universe; by Jacob D. Bekenstein; 8 Page(s)

Theoretical results about black holes suggest that the universe could be like a gigantic hologram (originally published August 2003)

The Gas between the Stars; Extreme Universe; by Ronald J. Reynolds; 10 Page(s)

Filled with colossal fountains of hot gas and vast bubbles blown by exploding stars, the interstellar medium is far more interesting than scientists once thought (originally published January 2002)

The Brightest Explosions in the Universe; Extreme Universe; by Neil Gehrels, Luigi Piro and Peter J.T. Leonard; 8 Page(s)

Every time a gamma-ray burst goes off, a black hole is born (originally published December 2002)