Cosmology
First Look At Interstellar Turbulence
[/caption] All of the space that surrounds us isn't empty. We've always known the Milky Way was filled with great…
Uncloaking Type Ia Supernovae
Type Ia supernovae... Right now they are one of the most studied - and most mysterious - of all stellar…
Video: Nobel Prize Winner Explains The Expanding Universe
In this video Saul Perlmutter, one of the three winners of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, explains how dark…
Accelerating Expansion of Universe Discovery Wins 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
[/caption] Three scientists shared the 2011 Nobel Prize for physics for the discovery that the expansion of the universe is…
New Simulation Shows How the Universe Evolved
Bolshoi Simulation How has the universe evolved over time? A new supercomputer simulation has provided what scientists say is the…
Dark Energy Ignited By Gamma-Ray Bursts?
[/caption] Dark energy... We're still not exactly sure of what it is or where it comes from. Is it possible…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – The Edge Of Significance
[/caption] Some recent work on Type 1a supernovae velocities suggests that the universe may not be as isotropic as our…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Cosmic Coincidence
[/caption] Cosmologists tend not to get all that excited about the universe being 74% dark energy and 26% conventional energy…
Q&A with Brian Cox, part 1: Recent Hints of the Higgs
[/caption] At two separate conferences in July, particle physicists announced some provoking news about the Higgs boson, and while the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – A Photon’s Point Of View
[/caption] From a photon's point of view, it is emitted and then instantaneously reabsorbed. This is true for a photon…