Cosmology
Journal Club: On Nothing
[/caption] According to Wikipedia, a journal club is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles…
Unlocking Cosmology With Type 1a Supernovae
[/caption]Let's face it, cosmologists catch a lot of flack. It's easy to see why. These are people who routinely publish…
Guest Post: The Cosmic Energy Inventory
[/caption] Now that the old year has drawn to a close, it's traditional to take stock. And why not think…
What if the Earth had Two Moons?
The idea of an Earth with two moons has been a science fiction staple for decades. More recently, real possibilities…
Why Do We Live in Three Dimensions?
[/caption] Day to day life has made us all comfortable with 3 dimensions; we constantly interact with objects that have…
A Star-Making Blob from the Cosmic Dawn
[/caption] Looking back in time with some of our best telescopes, astronomers have found one of the most distant and…
A New Look at the Milky Way’s Central Bar
[/caption]You may have heard about the restaurant at the end of the Universe, but have you heard of the bar…
Underwater Neutrino Detector Will Be Second-Largest Structure Ever Built
[/caption] The hunt for elusive neutrinos will soon get its largest and most powerful tool yet: the enormous KM3NeT telescope,…
Looking at Early Black Holes with a ‘Time Machine’
[/caption] What fed early black holes enabling their very rapid growth? A new discovery made by researchers at Carnegie Mellon…
Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy – A Beast With Four Tails?
[/caption] Galactic interactions can have big effects on the shapes of the disks of galaxies. So what happens when a…