physics
Hubble Telescope clocks a faster rate of cosmic expansion
Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Universe may be expanding up to 9% faster than previously thought.
Mysterious Heavy Ion Beams Above Mars Explained
Posted in Science on 30th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
NASA's latest mission to Mars has uncovered the origins of fast-moving streams of particles high above the planet, flowing against the solar wind.
The Universe is expanding faster than physics can explain
Posted in Featured, Science on 18th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
The most precise measurement ever made of the current rate of expansion of the Universe has been achieved by physicists, and theres a problem:
Tim Peake's space seeds on their way to schools
Posted in Science on 14th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Thousands of schools in the UK will be receiving seeds that have been in space. Tim Peake has launched a mass experiment to grow the seeds.
Yuri Milner is spending $100 million to prove out laser pushed nanosails that would reach 5% of lightspeed
Posted in Science on 13th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Milner wants a probe that could travel to Alpha Centauri within a generation, and he's recruited Mark Zuckerberg and Stephen Hawking.