All Stories by Ron Cowen
- Physics
Hogan’s noise
A cosmologist suggests a novel way to uncover the nature of spacetime on the smallest scales.
- Astronomy
Saturn moon could be hospitable to life, new images suggest
Cassini spacecraft sees evidence for liquid water beneath the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
- Space
Study raises questions about supernova origins
X-ray observations of the explosions could shift measurements of the mysterious entity known as dark energy.
- Quantum Physics
Higgs and his particle prove elusive
Peter Higgs and colleagues receive particle theory prize; scientists still hunting the proposed boson
- Space
Powerful collider set to smash protons
The Large Hadron Collider will operate at only half its maximum energy for the next 2 years.
- Space
A new VISTA on stellar birthplace
A high-resolution panoramic image of the Orion star-forming region bodes well for the success of a new telescope dedicated to surveying large areas of the cosmos at infrared wavelengths.
- Space
Pluto blushes red
Newly released Hubble images of Pluto show an abrupt and unexplained color change.
- Space
Ancient dawn’s early light refines age of universe
Satellite images reveal new aspects of Big Bang’s relic radiation.
- Space
New-star shine wearing off in nearby galaxy
A galactic collision a billion years ago may have halted stellar formation by exhausting gaseous building blocks.
- Space
Supernova winds blow galaxies into shape
A new simulation that combines supernova winds with the mysterious material known as cold dark matter almost perfectly accounts for the structure of dwarf galaxies in nearby reaches of the universe.
- Space
Gamma-ray burst may reveal some of oldest dust in the universe
Remote flash may have uncovered supernova-generated dust from just 1 billion years after the Big Bang
- Space
Not too soon to announce possible earliest galaxies known
BLOG: Press briefing fails to announce preliminary findings of what could be the most distant galaxies seen yet.
