News tagged with universal theory

Planck Mission: Space Probe Peers Into Dark Cosmos

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine watching the birth of the universe -- the Big Bang -- from the outside. What would you have seen?

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Probing the dark side of the universe

Advancing into the next frontier in astrophysics and cosmology depends on our ability to detect the presence of a particular type of wave in space, a primordial gravitational wave. Much like ripples moving ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 99 | with audio podcast

Our universe at home within a larger universe? So suggests wormhole research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could our universe be located within the interior of a wormhole which itself is part of a black hole that lies within a much larger universe?

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (81) | comments 77 | with audio podcast

Study validates general relativity on cosmic scale, existence of dark matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by University of California, Berkeley, University of Zurich and Princeton University physicists demonstrates that the universe - at least up to a distance ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Scientists reveal Milky Way's magnetic attraction

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research project involving the University of Adelaide has revealed that the magnetic field in the centre of the Milky Way is at least 10 times stronger than the rest of the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Visual assistance for cosmic blind spots

A bit of imagination on the part of a measuring instrument wouldn't be a bad thing. It could help to add data from areas where the instrument is unable to measure. However, it must do so constructively. In ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shedding Light on the Cosmic Skeleton

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have tracked down a gigantic, previously unknown assembly of galaxies located almost seven billion light-years away from us. The discovery, made possible by combining two of the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 7

Clownfish provide clues to animal conflicts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Animal societies are hotbeds of conflict and cooperation, with creatures helping each other one moment and fighting the next. Biologist Andrew Zink has developed a new theoretical framework ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Math theories may hold clues to origin, future of life in universe

How did we get here and where are we headed? These are some of life's biggest questions. To get the answers, one Kansas State University professor is doing the math.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (35) | comments 62

Super-Sensors to Measure 'Signature' of Inflationary Universe (w/Video)

What happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, may soon ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (27) | comments 8

Can R2 gravity explain dark matter?

(PhysOrg.com) -- "In many ways, the standard model of cosmology works very well," Jose Cembranos tells PhysOrg. "However, there are very basic features that we just do not know. We have dark energy and dark matter. They d ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (81) | comments 50 feature

Astronomers Gravitate Toward Einstein's Telescope

Scientists are harnessing the cosmos as a scientific 'instrument' in their quest to determine the makeup of the universe.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (14) | comments 7

Cosmologists aim to observe first moments of universe

During the next decade, a delicate measurement of primordial light could reveal convincing evidence for the popular cosmic inflation theory, which proposes that a random, microscopic density fluctuation in ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4


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