Cosmology
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Cosmology
Year in Review: Dark energy gets more confusing
New data raise the prospect of a ‘Big Rip’ destroying the cosmos.
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Cosmology
Year in Review: Planck refines cosmic history
The satellite data hint at a slower expansion rate for universe.
By Andrew Grant -
Cosmology
Cosmic inflation has its flaws, but so do its critics
Philosophical predispositions color efforts to debunk a popular theory about the evolution of the universe.
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Astronomy
Bright gamma-ray burst tests idea of event’s origins
High-energy light particles suggest that physicists need to revise their theories explaining the origin of these cosmic blasts.
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Astronomy
High-energy neutrinos ensnared from beyond the solar system
Speedy particles detected in Antarctica may point to gargantuan black holes or cataclysmic explosions.
By Andrew Grant -
Cosmology
For proposals that challenge paradigms, peruse arXiv.org
The online physics archive offers crazy ideas to confront cosmological challenges.
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Science & Society
Replacing paradigms requires open minds
Cosmological crises require creativity, but science enforces conformity.
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Cosmology
Dark energy search gets murkier
Supernova measurements muddle scientists’ efforts to explain universe’s accelerating expansion.
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Cosmology
Candidates for dark matter particles bite the dust
Most sensitive experiment yet determines that earlier findings were just artifacts.
By Andrew Grant -
Cosmology
Huge Galactic Explosion
An excerpt from the October 5, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.
By Science News