Cosmology

What If There Is Only One Universe?

When it comes to universes, perhaps one is enough after all. Many theories in physics and cosmology require the existence…

12 years ago

Cosmologists Improve on Standard Candles Measurement

[/caption] Cosmologists have found a new and quicker technique that establishes the intrinsic brightness of Type Ia supernovae more accurately…

13 years ago

Astronomers Closing in on Dark Energy with Refined Hubble Constant

The name "dark energy" is just a placeholder for the force -- whatever it is -- that is causing the…

13 years ago

New Hubble Survey Supports Cold Dark Matter in Early Universe

[/caption] A new survey is revealing how the most massive galaxies formed in the early Universe, and the findings support…

13 years ago

Kepler Will Be Used to Measure the Size of the Universe

[/caption] On April 7th, commands were sent to NASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler telescope to eject the 1.3×1.7 metre lens cap so…

13 years ago

Cosmologists Search for Gravity Waves to Prove Inflation Theory

[/caption] During the next decade, cosmologists will attempt to observe the first moments of the Universe, hoping to prove a…

13 years ago

Cosmologists Look Back to Cosmic Dawn

[/caption] What did the Universe look like early in its history, only 500 million years after the Big Bang? Currently,…

13 years ago

Next-Generation Telescope Gets Team

  [/caption] Astronomy organizations in the United States, Australia and Korea have signed on to build the largest ground-based telescope in the…

13 years ago

Space Telescope of the Future: SIM

[/caption] Two of the hottest and most engaging topics in space and astronomy these days are 1.) exoplanets – planets…

13 years ago

Profiling Potential Supernovae

[/caption] Just as psychologists and detectives try to "profile" serial killers and other criminals, astronomers are trying to determine what…

13 years ago