Cosmology
Testing the Multiverse… Observationally!
[/caption]The multiverse theory is famous for its striking imagery. Just imagine our own Universe, drifting among a veritable sea of…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Bubblology
[/caption] One model of a hypothetical multiverse has, perhaps appropriately, some similarity to a glass of beer. Imagine an eternal…
Elliptical Galaxies Don’t Act Their Age…
[/caption] Thanks to images taken with the MegaCam camera mounted on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT, CNRC/CNRS/University of Hawaii), researchers are…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Gravitational Waves
[/caption] Gravitational waves have some similar properties to light. They move at the same speed in a vacuum - and…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Granularity
[/caption] The very small wavelength of gamma ray light offers the potential to gain high resolution data about very fine…
Where Did Early Cosmic Dust Come From? New Research Says Supernovae
[/caption] From a JPL Press Release: New observations from the infrared Herschel Space Observatory reveal that an exploding star expelled…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Big Rips And Little Rips
[/caption] One of a number of seemingly implausible features of dark energy is that its density is assumed to be…
Ancient Galaxies Fed On Gas, Not Collisions
[/caption]The traditional picture of galaxy growth is not pretty. In fact, it's a kind of cosmic cannibalism: two galaxies are…
Most Distant Quasar Opens Window Into Early Universe
[/caption]Astronomers have uncovered yet another clue in their quest to understand the Universe's early life: the most distant quasar ever…
3D Galaxies – Coming Straight On For You
As we've recently learned, the ATLAS3D project was able to study 260 individual galaxies and do some very amazing things.…