Cosmology
A New Spin on Galactic Evolution
There's a new concept in the works regarding the evolution of galactic arms and how they move across the…
Early Stars Were Whirling Dervishes
[/caption] Even though some of the first stars in the early universe were massive, they probably lived fast and furious…
Did the Early Universe Have Just One Dimension?
[/caption] From a University of Buffalo press release: Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? That's the mind-boggling…
The Universe in a Chocolate Creme Egg
Can chocolate cream eggs help explain the mysteries of the Universe? As part of the University of Nottingham’s Sixty Symbols…
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President Obama to Attend Endeavour’s Last Launch on April 29
[/caption] President Barack Obama and the entire First Family apparently plan to attend the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour,…
Antigravity Could Replace Dark Energy as Cause of Universe’s Expansion
[/caption] Since the late 20th century, astronomers have been aware of data that suggest the universe is not only expanding,…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Assumptions
[/caption] The current standard model of the universe, Lambda-Cold Dark Matter, assumes that the universe is expanding in accordance with…
A New Way to Visualize Warped Space and Time
[/caption] Trying to understand the warping of space and time is something like visualizing a scene from Alice in Wonderland…
Halos Gone MAD
[/caption] One of the successes of the ΛCDM model of the universe is the ability for models to create structures…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Our Inferred Universe
[/caption] The universe is a big place - and getting bigger all the time - so at a large scale…