Cosmology
The Latest Webb Observations Don’t Disprove The Big Bang, But They Are Interesting
New observations from the JWST don't disprove the big bang any more than Hubble did.
Even a Cyclical Universe Needed to Come From Somewhere
The cyclic universe model proposes a universe with no beginning, but a new study shows it might need a beginning…
The James Webb is Measuring Distant Galaxies 5-10 Times Better Than any Other Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is enabling all kinds of next-generation astronomy, including producing accurate mass measurements of the most…
Gamma-ray Bursts can Help Astronomers Measure Vast Distances Across the Universe
Some gamma ray bursts could be used as standard candles and allow astronomers to measure Hubble's constant at greater distances…
JWST Sees the Most Distant Galaxy Ever, Just 300 Million Years After the Big Bang
By now, almost everyone has seen the first-release images from JWST and marveled at these amazing views of the infrared…
Plenty of Examples That Giant Galaxies Like the Milky Way Formed Through Mergers
The Universe's giant galaxies pose a thorny problem for astronomers. The galaxies have grown large somehow, and the only things…
These Galaxies are Definitely Living in a Simulation
Studying the universe is hard. Really hard. Like insanely, ridiculously hard. Think of the hardest thing you’ve ever done in…
Does a “Mirror World of Particles” Explain the Crisis in Cosmology?
A mirror universe model might explain why measurements of Hubble constant disagree.
A New Record for the Most Distant Galaxy, Seen Just 300 Million Years After the Big Bang
An international team of astronomers have discovered HD1, which could be the most distant galaxy ever observed!
New Simulation Recreates an Early Time in the Universe That Still Hasn't Been Seen Directly
A new simulation suite created by an international team of scientists shows what the James Webb will be seeing soon!