Cosmologists Try a New Way to Measure the Shape of the Universe
(quantamagazine.org)
Is the universe flat and infinite, or something more complex? We can’t say for sure, but a new search strategy is mapping out the subtle signals that could reveal if the universe has a shape.
Is the universe flat and infinite, or something more complex? We can’t say for sure, but a new search strategy is mapping out the subtle signals that could reveal if the universe has a shape.
Alien Truth
(paulgraham.com)
If there were intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe, they'd share certain truths in common with us.
If there were intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe, they'd share certain truths in common with us.
Dark Energy May Not Exist: Something Stranger Might Explain the Universe
(sciencealert.com)
There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all. The truth could be much stranger – bubbles of space where time passes at drastically different rates.
There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all. The truth could be much stranger – bubbles of space where time passes at drastically different rates.
A chart that shows everything that has ever existed
(economist.com)
Some 13.8bn years ago, the universe came into existence in the Big Bang.
Some 13.8bn years ago, the universe came into existence in the Big Bang.
First section of Euclid space telescope's map of the universe revealed
(theguardian.com)
The first chunk of what will be the largest 3D map of the universe ever made has been revealed, putting 14 million galaxies – not to mention tens of millions of stars in our own Milky Way – on show in incredible detail.
The first chunk of what will be the largest 3D map of the universe ever made has been revealed, putting 14 million galaxies – not to mention tens of millions of stars in our own Milky Way – on show in incredible detail.