In this video, Arvin Ash explores the history of the universe from the Big Bang to modern cosmology. Key discoveries include: ...
A mere two years after completing his daring General Theory of Relativity in 1915 — where gravity is interpreted as resulting from the curvature of space and time around a massive body — Albert ...
Modern cosmology is taking us on the most exciting voyage in human history. Far from diminishing our wonder at the Universe, this modern story of Genesis surpasses even our wildest speculations.
About a year after launching into orbit around the Sun, the James Webb Space Telescope began imaging an abundance of little red dots, which scientists called, um, “little red dots.” I know—not only is ...
Stuart Clark's new book sweeps over you like a maelstrom of names, places and ideas. In The Unknown Universe, Clark sets out to describe the state of our knowledge — and lack thereof — about central ...
You will remember that before religion took centre stage people whispered that phenomena they could not explain were the influence of dark forces and evil spirits. These mysterious goblins were hidden ...
Lecturer in Astrophysics, Coordinator of Swinburne Astronomy Online, Swinburne University of Technology As 2012 comes to a close and you toast the New Year, be sure to also raise a glass to one Vesto ...
The UC Irvine Department of Physics and Astronomy has established a research program in modern cosmology – an entirely new field of research at the university. The new program builds upon the ...
Cosmologists face a dilemma. The rise of quantitative cosmology, exemplified by the release of new data in March on the cosmic microwave background from the WMAP satellite (see pp16-19; print version ...
James Peebles laid foundation for modern cosmology while Swiss pair found first exoplanet Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel prize in physics for groundbreaking discoveries about the ...