cosmic string

British  

noun

1. a one-dimensional defect in space-time postulated in certain theories of cosmology to exist in the universe as a consequence of the big bang See also string

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cosmic string

Riley celebrated his 90th birthday in June with two Tokyo concerts by the Kronos Quartet, one being, at the composer’s request, the Japanese premiere of Riley’s most cosmic string quartet, “Sun Rings.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025

"I give the cosmic string theory less than a fifty-fifty chance of being the answer," he says.

From Time Magazine Archive

You could try to construct a cosmic-string time machine by finding a large loop of cosmic string and somehow manipulating it so it would contract rapidly under its own tension, like a rubber band.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Nature report mentions another intriguing possibility for the lens effect: the cosmic string.

From Time Magazine Archive

A cosmic string attached to the earth could accelerate it from 0 to 60 mph in 'Aoth of a second.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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