cosmology

Ghostly Particles from Outer Space Detected in Antarctica

Posted in Featured, Science on 21st Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Deep in the Antarctic ice, an observatory has spotted ghostly, nearly massless particles coming from inside our galaxy and beyond the Milky Way.

New study tracks the death of our Universe

Posted in Science on 11th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new study has measured 200,000 galaxies in an effort to chart the rate at which our Universe is outputting energy, and effectively dying.

Big Rip will end the universe, scientists claim

Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

The Big Rip is that eventually even the constituents of matter would start separating from each other. All the atoms would be ripped apart.

Advanced Ligo gravitational wave hunt is green lit

Posted in Featured, Science on 21st May, 2015
by Alex Muller

One of the great physics experiments of our age looks ready to begin its quest: A pair of widely separated laboratories will be hunting for gravitational waves.

Simulation creates a universe with galaxies like the real deal

Posted in Software on 31st Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Astronomers have created a simulation of the universe that includes realistic galaxies enabling better research into how the cosmos evolved over the past 14 billion years.