epoch
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"But if the Universe did experience a bounce, the dark structures shaping galaxies today could be remnants from a cosmic epoch that preceded the Big Bang."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Today America is in the midst of the greatest epoch of wealth creation the world has ever known.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
These newly discovered quasars come from a critical period known as the epoch of reionization, when the first stars and galaxies transformed the early universe by ionizing the neutral hydrogen gas that once filled space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The same bounty that makes the Tar Pits the best place on Earth to study its slice of the late Pleistocene epoch also makes for a move of truly mammoth proportions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
It had been just over a week ago, but for Hazel it felt like an epoch away.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Glass’ subject matter varies widely in epochs and ethoses, from ancient Egypt to Walt Disney’s Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
It’s an unparalleled opportunity to do a deep dive into one of the most dazzling epochs in the history of art and, at just over 70 paintings, one that is perfectly scaled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
Frieman: The data from these surveys allow us to infer the history of cosmic expansion -- how fast the universe has been expanding at different epochs in the past.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
He said Traoré was "offering an alternative, and re-capturing the spirit of two historic epochs":
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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