Big Bang
The Beginning of the Universe in 3 Minutes
One of the greatest mysteries is how the Universe began -- and also how and why does it appear to…
‘Green Peas’ Offer Tiny Clues to Early Universe
Today, we see an unobstructed view of the cosmos in all directions. But, a time existed near the Big Bang…
Meet Hopper: A Key Player in the Planck Discovery Story
Behind every modern tale of cosmological discovery is the supercomputer that made it possible. Such was the case with the…
Do We Really Need Dark Matter?
Hubble mosaic of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745, thought to be connected by a filament of dark matter. Credit: NASA, ESA,…
From Eternity to Here: The Amazing Origin of our Species (in 90 Seconds)
From the initial expansion of the Big Bang to the birth of the Moon, from the timid scampering of the…
A Crinkle in the Wrinkle of Space-time
Albert Einstein's revolutionary general theory of relativity describes gravity as a curvature in the fabric of spacetime. Mathematicians at University…
Astronomers Take “Baby Picture” of an Incredibly Distant Galaxy
[/caption] Astronomers from Arizona State University have grabbed an image of a dim, distant galaxy, seeing it as it looked…
Missing ‘Big Bang’ Antarctic Telescope Found
[/caption] Astronomers and students from the University of Minnesota hoping to search for radiation left over from the Big Bang…
Keck Observatory Locates Two Clouds Of Pristine Gas From The Beginning of Time
[/caption] Is there any place in space which hasn't been affected by time? The answer is yes. Thanks to some…
Cosmology 101: The End
[/caption] Welcome back to the third, and last, installment of Cosmology 101. So far, we've covered the history of the…