Cosmology
Podcast: Cosmological Constant
In order to allow for a static Universe, Albert Einstein introduced the concept of the Cosmological Constant Lambda to make…
Stephen Hawking and CERN LHC Team Each Win $3 Million Prize
Stephen Hawking visited the Large Hadron Collider's underground tunnel at Europe's CERN particle physics research center in 2006. Hawking and…
Do We Really Need Dark Matter?
Hubble mosaic of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745, thought to be connected by a filament of dark matter. Credit: NASA, ESA,…
Pale Blue Dot: an Animated Contemplation
Every now and then, someone takes Carl Sagan's wonderful reading of his iconic "Pale Blue Dot" narrative and turns it…
The Brightest Galaxies in the Universe Were Invisible… Until Now
Hubble images of six of the starburst galaxies first found by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (Keck data shown below each…
Does the Universe Have a Purpose?
An intersection of two of my favorite entities (Minute Physics and Neil deGrasse Tyson) now covers a topic that has…
Unraveling the Secrets of Type Ia Supernovae: a New Two-Minute Thesis
The folks over at PHD Comics have put together a new video in their Two-Minute Thesis series, this one featuring…
- Cosmology
- Herschel Space Telescope
- Infrared Astronomy
- Observatories
- Spitzer
- Star Formation
- Stars
- Stellar Evolution
Orion Revisited: Astronomers Find New Star Cluster in Front of the Orion Nebula
The well-known star-forming region of the Orion Nebula. Credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope / Coelum (J.-C. Cuillandre & G. Anselmi) Precise distances…
Hot Gas Bridge Discovered Connecting Galaxy Clusters
An "bridge" of hot gas stretches between galaxy clusters Abell 401 and Abell 399 It may not be good practice to…
Book Review: About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
When introducing his book "About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang," author Adam Frank tells…