Cosmology
Herschel Provides Gravitational Lens Bonanza
[/caption]One of the predictions of Einstein's predictions from general relativity was that gravity could distort space itself and potentially, act…
ISS Particle Detector Ready to Unveil Wonders of the Universe
[/caption] The Principal Investigator (P.I.) for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS-02) experiment, Professor Samuel Ting, says that the experiment is…
Astronomers Find Giant Structures From the Early Universe
[/caption] Looking back to when our Universe was about half the age it is now, astronomers have discovered the most…
Hubble: Helium Reionization Was a Hot Time in the Ol’ Universe
[/caption] Using Hubble’s newest tool, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS), researchers have nailed down and enhanced our understanding of the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Dark Denial
[/caption] A recent cosmological model seeks to get around the sticky issue of dark energy by jury-rigging the Einstein field…
Astrophysics From the Moon
Many astronomers feel that the Moon would be an excellent location for telescopes, -- both on the surface and in…
Planck, XMM Newton Find New Galaxy Supercluster
[/caption] Scanning the sky in microwaves, the Planck mission has obtained its very first images of galaxy clusters, and found…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – One Crowded Nanosecond
[/caption] Remember how you could once pick up a book about the first three minutes after the Big Bang and…
Hawking: God Not Needed for Universe to be Created
Physicist Stephen Hawking has written a new book called "The Grand Design." While the title might seem like Hawking could…
Scientists Say They Can Now Test String Theory
The idea of the “Theory of Everything” is enticing – that we could somehow explain all that is. String theory…