Cosmology
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Our Ageing Universe
[/caption] It all started so full of promise. All at once, our universe burst upon the scene, but much of…
Cosmologists Provide Closest Measure of Elusive Neutrino
[/caption] Cosmologists – and not particle physicists -- could be the ones who finally measure the mass of the elusive…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Is Time Real?
Time is an illusion caused by the passage of history (Douglas Adams 1952-2001). The way that we deal with time…
Team Finds Most-Distant Galaxy Cluster Ever Seen
[/caption] Like a location from Star Wars, this galaxy cluster is far, far away and with origins a long, long…
New Images from Planck Reveal Star Formation Processes
[/caption] While most newborn stars are hidden beneath a blanket of gas and dust, the Planck space observatory – with…
Magnetic Fields in Inter-cluster Space: Measured at Last
[/caption] The strength of the magnetic fields here on Earth, on the Sun, in inter-planetary space, on stars in our…
Hubble Confirms Cosmic Acceleration with Weak Lensing
[/caption] Need more evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating? Just look to the Hubble Space Telescope. An…
This is Getting Boring: General Relativity Passes Yet another Big Test!
[/caption] Published in 1915, Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) passed its first big test just a few years later,…
Dark Matter in Distant Galaxy Groups Mapped for the First Time
[/caption] Galaxy density in the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field, with colors representing the redshift of the galaxies, ranging from…