Astrophysicists confirm first-ever detection of cosmic strings

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Today, searches for cosmic strings continue through gravitational wave observatories like LIGO and Virgo, as well as through analyses of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the faint radiation left over from the Big Bang. However, despite extensive searches, the data has yet to yield definitive proof, leaving the existence of cosmic strings a tantalizing puzzle within modern cosmology.

holyfucking direct contradiction to the article title batman. what a waste of my fucking time! I'm way more upset about this than I should be but goddamn fuck this website forever.

I think it's a stretch to call this a 'confirmed' 'detection' of cosmic strings, just a very interesting visual that could either be gravitational lensing around such a string, or a pair of galaxies that happen to bear near-identical spectral compositions. It's even mentioned in the article that there was no direct detection of strings in the study, just that a string is one possible explanation for the observation looking the way it does. It's very cool and promising, don't get me wrong, but this article title is another case of science journalism sensationalizing a claim that warrants further investigation before drawing a conclusion.