Ramin Skibba
Ramin Skibba was until recently an Assistant Project Scientist and Lecturer at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. He writes about astronomy and science policy news at his blog (http://raminskibba.net).
What’s Coming After Hubble and James Webb? The High-Definition Space Telescope
Decades after its momentous launch, the ever popular Hubble Space Telescope merrily continues its trajectory in low-earth orbit, and it…
9 years ago
Scientists Map the Dark Matter Around Millions of Galaxies
This week, scientists with the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration released the first in a series of detailed maps charting…
9 years ago
How do Gas and Stars Build a Galaxy?
When we look up at the night sky outside of the bright city, we can see a dazzling array of…
9 years ago
It Turns Out Primordial Gravitational Waves Weren’t Found
Last March, international researchers from the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP2) telescope at the South Pole claimed that…
9 years ago
Like a BOSS: How Astronomers are Getting Precise Measurements of the Universe’s Expansion Rate
Astrophysicists studying the expansion of the Universe with the largest galaxy catalogs ever assembled are ushering in an exciting era…
9 years ago