Cosmology
Did A Supernova Shape Our Solar System?
[/caption] Away in space some 4.57 billion years ago, in a galaxy yet to be called the Milky Way, a…
Are Black Holes Planet Smashers?
[/caption] Some supermassive black holes are obscured by oddly shaped dust clouds which resemble doughnuts. These clouds have been an…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Dark Matter Science
Dark matter - there’s a growing feeling that we are getting closer to finding out the true nature of this…
Galaxy Zoo Reveals Curious ‘Violin Clef’ Quadruple Galaxy Merger
[/caption] About a month ago, a Galaxy Zoo contributor named Bruno discovered a very unique galaxy merger in the Sloan…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Green Peas
[/caption] The ground-breaking discovery of a new class of galaxies, Green Peas, in 2009 by a group of Galaxy Zoo…
Are The Milky Way’s First Stars Responsible For Destroying Its Satellite Galaxies?
About a decade ago, standard cosmological models encountered a slight problem when applied to the Milky Way... missing satellite galaxies.…
Guest Post by Author Peter Shaver: Cosmic Time Scales
[/caption] Editor's note: Peter Shaver is the author of the new book "Cosmic Heritage – Evolution from the Big Bang…
Digging Deeper For Dark Matter
[/caption] Dark matter... If it can't be seen, then how do we know it's there? If it wasn't for the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Flat Universe
[/caption] A remarkable finding of the early 21st century, that kind of sits alongside the Nobel prize winning discovery of…