Dark Energy
Polar Telescope Casts New Light On Dark Energy And Neutrino Mass
[/caption] Located at the southermost point on Earth, the 280-ton, 10-meter-wide South Pole Telescope has helped astronomers unravel the nature…
GALEX Mission Comes to an End
[/caption] A mission which helped map the ultraviolet sky and worked to confirm the nature of dark energy is coming…
Supernova Primo – Out To Far Frontiers
[/caption] Its nickname is SN Primo and it's the farthest Type Ia supernova to have its distance spectroscopically confirmed. When…
Unlocking Cosmology With Type 1a Supernovae
[/caption]Let's face it, cosmologists catch a lot of flack. It's easy to see why. These are people who routinely publish…
Digging Deeper For Dark Matter
[/caption] Dark matter... If it can't be seen, then how do we know it's there? If it wasn't for the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Flat Universe
[/caption] A remarkable finding of the early 21st century, that kind of sits alongside the Nobel prize winning discovery of…
Uncloaking Type Ia Supernovae
Type Ia supernovae... Right now they are one of the most studied - and most mysterious - of all stellar…
Bending The Rules – Exploring Gravitational Redshift
[/caption] Hey. We're all aware of Einstein's theories and how gravity affects light. We know it was proved during a…
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 – Cosmic Coincidence
[/caption] Cosmologists tend not to get all that excited about the universe being 74% dark energy and 26% conventional energy…