Big Bang
Experiment Detects Mysterious Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering For the First Time
The COHERENT experiment, an international collaboration, made the first-ever detection of neutrinos bumping into the nucleus of other atoms
Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything
We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the…
How Do We Know the Universe is Flat? Discovering the Topology of the Universe
Cosmologists tell us that the Universe is flat. It sure feels like 3-dimensions. What does this even mean, and how…
What Was Cosmic Inflation? The Quest to Understand the Earliest Universe
The Big Bang was a tremendous theory, but it had a few problems. In 1980 Alan Guth developed the revolutionary…
Large Hadron Collider Discovers 5 New Gluelike Particles
Researchers from the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb) have announced the discovery of five new particles, which could shed…
The Universe Has A Lithium Problem
The Big Bang Theory predicts three times as much lithium as observed. Where are the scientists hiding our lithium?
Weekly Space Hangout – February 17, 2017: Samuel Mason, Director of the Tesla Science Foundation
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Samuel Mason is the Director of the Tesla Science Foundation, NJ Chapter. The mission…
James Webb Space Telescope Celebrated in Stunning New Video
A new short film showcases the James Webb Telescope - the successor to Hubble - and all the amazing things…
What is the CERN Particle Accelerator?
Located beneath the border between France and Switzerland is the CERN Particle Accelerator, the largest instrument of its kind in…
Detector With Real-time Alert Capability Waits Patiently For Supernova Neutrinos
Researchers at the Super-Kamiokande Observatory hope to be able to learn more about the elusive neutrino particle, thanks to a…