cosmology

Why didn't the universe collapse after the Big Bang?

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Gravity may soon get the credit for saving the whole universe.

How Gravity Explains Why Time Never Runs Backward

Posted in Science on 6th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The problem of the arrow of time has been boggling minds forever...

How to Measure Distance in Space

Posted in Science on 12th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Looking up to the stars, it can sometimes feel like everything sits on a single, two-dimensional sheet held up above us. How do we know it doesn't?

Brian Cox: 'Multiverse' makes sense

Posted in Science on 23rd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

The presenter and physicist Brian Cox says he supports the idea that many universes can exist at the same time.

Cosmic inflation: BICEP underestimated dust problem

Posted in Science on 22nd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

One of the biggest scientific claims of the year has received another set-back.