Cosmology
Next-Generation Telescope Gets Team
[/caption] Astronomy organizations in the United States, Australia and Korea have signed on to build the largest ground-based telescope in the…
Space Telescope of the Future: SIM
[/caption] Two of the hottest and most engaging topics in space and astronomy these days are 1.) exoplanets – planets…
Profiling Potential Supernovae
[/caption] Just as psychologists and detectives try to "profile" serial killers and other criminals, astronomers are trying to determine what…
Did Dark Matter Power Early Stars?
[/caption] The first stars to light the early universe may have been powered by dark matter, according to a new…
More Evidence Earth is Not Center of Universe
[/caption] If you're certain the Universe revolves around you, I have some bad news for you. Researchers from the University…
More Thoughts (and now math!) On What Came Before the Big Bang
[/caption] Physicist Sean Carroll gave a wonderful talk at the June 2008 American Astronomical Society meeting about his "speculative research"…
Chandra Telescope Searches for Antimatter
[/caption] Say the word "antimatter" and immediately people think of science fiction – anti-universes, fuel for the Enterprise's warp-speed engines…
Hawking to Retire, But Not Quit
Cosmologist Stephen Hawking will retire from his post at Cambridge University next year, but he still intends to continue his…
Scientists Detect “Dark Flow:” Matter From Beyond the Visible Universe
Just as unseen dark energy is increasing the rate of expansion of the universe, there's something else out there causing…
Ten Mysteries of the Solar System
[/caption] We've all wondered at some point or another what mysteries our Solar System holds. After all, the eight planets…