From Big Bang to Big Chill, physicist Brian Greene contemplates the beginning (and end) of everything You might think it’s depressing to contemplate the view that the universe is likely to end in everlasting darkness —… Read More
The way we think of black holes just might be in for a radical change … again After decades’ worth of mystery, it feels as if physicists are finally closing in on the nature of black holes,… Read More
How number crunchers could help crack the cosmological mystery of dark energy Big data just might give astronomers a better grip on the answer to one of the biggest questions in physics:… Read More
Stephen Hawking’s ‘Final Theory’ goes into publication – but it’s not the final word Weeks after the death of British physicist Stephen Hawking, his final research paper on the nature of our universe and… Read More
Gaia probe maps the comings and goings of galaxy’s stars – and scientists go gaga The European Space Agency has released the world’s most exhaustive star catalog, pinpointing the positions of nearly 1.7 billion stars.… Read More
Even after death, Stephen Hawking stirs up fresh cosmological tiffs and tributes The ashes of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking will get a fitting resting place in Westminster Abbey, near the… Read More
Get a sampler of Stephen Hawking’s ‘crazy smarts’ in his Seattle lecture on the theory of everything This week’s passing of famed British physicist Stephen Hawking has sparked reflection around the globe — and perhaps, dreamily, even throughout… Read More
Scientists say they’ve detected birth of the first stars – and perhaps dark matter, too Astronomers have detected radio waves from a time within 180 million years of the Big Bang, and they say they… Read More
Breakthrough Prize ceremony shines glitzy scientific spotlight on cosmic mappers This year’s Breakthrough Prizes, cast as the “Oscars of Science,” are going to genetic engineers, disease fighters, math whizzes — and… Read More
Europe’s Virgo detector picks up its first gravitational wave and nails down locale Astronomers have detected their fourth gravitational wave from the merger of two black holes, but this one marks a new… Read More
Hubble reveals 10 times more galaxies than scientists thought were out there It looks as if astronomers have been way, way off on their galaxy counts: A new analysis of data from… Read More
First map from Europe’s Gaia satellite charts a billion stars in our Milky Way The team behind the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite has released its first catalog of more than a billion stars in… Read More
This galaxy is made of 99.99% dark matter About 85 percent of the mass of the universe consists of mysterious stuff known as dark matter, but a galaxy called… Read More
Maybe black holes (and wormholes) aren’t as monstrous as we thought Black holes may have gotten a bad rap. And wormholes just might be a realistic way to travel Star Trek-style… Read More
Far out! Hubble astronomers set record for spotting most distant galaxy (again) Like the rockers in “This Is Spinal Tap,” astronomers cranked the dials on the Hubble Space Telescope up to 11… Read More
Holometer finds no evidence we’re living in a Matrix-like hologram … so far Is our universe a two-dimensional hologram? It sounds like science fiction straight from “The Matrix,” but scientists are checking out… Read More
Symphonic SpaceFest: ‘Origins’ concert sets the Big Bang and astrobiology to music The Big Bang never looked, or sounded, so good: The piece de resistance for this week’s SpaceFest in Seattle is… Read More
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