cosmology
Did the Early Cosmos Inflate? A Mirror Universe Going Backwards in Time May Be a Simpler Explanation
Posted in Science on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
If the dark matter consists of stable, right-handed neutrinos, then one of three light neutrinos that we know of must be exactly massless. Remarkably, this prediction is now being tested using observations of the gravitational clustering of matter made by large-scale galaxy surveys.
Our Universe Is Suspiciously Unlikely To Exist-Unless It Is One Of Many
Posted in Science on 11th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
How do we know just how atypical our universe is? To answer that we need to work out the probabilities of each combination of constants.
Interview with Cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton
Posted in Interviews, Science on 29th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
'Our universe is one tiny grain of dust in a beautiful cosmos'
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Completely Aligned And Fully Focused
Posted in Hardware, Science on 2nd May, 2022
by Alex Muller
Scientists working on NASA's James Webb Telescope have reached an important milestone, completely aligning the space observatory's massive mirrors.
How Will The Universe End? Scientists Seek An Answer In The Biggest Galaxy Map Yet
Posted in Science on 29th Jan, 2022
by Alex Muller
By mapping the large structure of the universe over time, scientists hope to chart how the rate of expansion-and perhaps the dark energy driving it, has changed and how it might in the future.