(Phys.org) —Physicist James Franson of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County has captured the attention of the physics community by posting an article to the peer-reviewed New Journal of Physics in which he claims ...
The hunt for dark matter has taken another step forward thanks to new supercomputer simulations showing the evolution of our "local Universe" from the Big Bang to the present day.
Astronomy
Jun 25, 2014
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When renowned scientists now talk seriously about millions of multiverses, the old question "are we alone?" gets a whole new meaning.
Other
Apr 3, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Astronomers Professor Chris Collins and Dr Ian McCarthy from LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute are challenging the view that the currently preferred cosmological model of the Universe is correct by comparing ...
Astronomy
Apr 3, 2014
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To determine the mass and size of planets found around other stars or to date stellar populations in order to limit the number of cosmological models, among other things, it is essential know what goes on inside a star. The ...
Astronomy
Apr 2, 2014
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A paper published in the European Physical Journal H provides the first English translation and an analysis of one of Albert Einstein's little-known papers, "On the cosmological problem of the general theory of relativity." ...
General Physics
Feb 19, 2014
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Albert Einstein accepted the modern cosmological view that the universe is expanding long after his contemporaries, new study shows.
General Physics
Feb 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —In Jonathan Swift's 1726 book "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts," the miniature Lilliputians experience the world very differently from the giant Brobdingnagians.
This spring, humanity was shown its most detailed map of the early universe ever created. Generated by observations from the Planck spacecraft, the map revealed fluctuations in temperature in the relic radiation left over ...
Astronomy
Jul 26, 2013
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With death rates from cancer have remained largely unchanged over the past 60 years, a physicist is trying to shed more light on the disease with a very different theory of its origin that traces cancer back to the dawn of ...
General Physics
Jul 1, 2013
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