Articles in the Cosmology Category
Daily Galaxy2009-04-01
David Latham -Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
To date, Planet hunters have spotted more than 200 planets beyond our solar system, but the vast majority are hot, Jupiter-sized planets that would dwarf the Earth and are …
Daily Galaxy
2009/03/13
Horoscope enthusiasts will be happy to hear that a grand cosmic force does indeed seem to be responsible for controlling the direction of all life on Earth. However, this grand cosmic cycle has more …
New Scientist2009/03/08
THE four giant “Galilean” moons orbiting Jupiter are the last survivors of at least five generations of moons that once circled the gas giant.
“All the other moons – and there could have been 20 …
Fox News
2009/03/05
If Friday’s launch goes according to plan and successfully lobs NASA’s new Kepler space telescope into orbit, the mission stands to potentially change the way we look at the universe.
Kepler is designed to turn …
An inspiring presentation from Neil deGrasse Tyson. I can’t help but post this second video since these speeches really inspire me about the universe. He uses language in such a way that I think of …
Sit back, close your eyes, and imagine how complex the universe is. Now take that, multiply it by infinity, and then toss in some parallel dimensions and/or parallel universes. Overwhelming? Yes. Insane? I am not …
The current theory of the universe describes a Big Bang, followed by an ever increasing expansion of the universe due to dark energy. Anything outside the universe consists of the same space-time. Instead, researchers at NASA’s …
Pictures like these really make me think about my place in the universe. Stop and take a second to imagine the magnitude of what you are witnessing in this photo. Two galaxies are in a …
Epsilon Eridani (who comes up with these kick ass names), is only 10.5 light years from us, and it looks promising that it might have an earth-like planet within its system. This young extrasolar system …
Dr. Michio Kaku explains how we are on the “cusp” of a breakthrough even greater than the Copernican Revolution.
