cosmology
Have Scientists Detected Gravitational Waves for the First Time?
Posted in Science on 12th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Rumors are swirling that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has observed gravitational waves predicted over 100 years ago.
Simulation models universe from near birth until today
Posted in Software on 3rd Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
One of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed, has modeled the evolution of the universe from just 50 million years after the Big Bang to the present day.
New 'stealth dark matter' theory may explain mystery of the universes missing mass
Posted in Science on 25th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
A new theory that may explain why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments has been developed.
UCLA physicist tests theories of dark energy by mimicking the vacuum of space
Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Dark energy causes galaxies to accelerate away from one another, and constitutes the majority of the universe's energy and mass.
Ghostly Particles from Outer Space Detected in Antarctica
Posted in Featured, Science on 21st Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Deep in the Antarctic ice, an observatory has spotted ghostly, nearly massless particles coming from inside our galaxy and beyond the Milky Way.