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…

9 years ago

‘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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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,…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

11 years ago