Could life have appeared in the Universe just a few million years after the Big Bang?
Bouncing Back
Perhaps the Universe began with a big bounce rather than a big bang.
A Million Points Of Light
A new survey of more than a million galaxies supports the standard model of cosmology.
Bell, Book, and Candle
Dark energy isn’t some magical idea we’ve dreamt up to fit our models.
New Evidence Challenges Rate Of Cosmic Expansion
A new measurements for the Hubble parameter raises interesting questions, but whether it leads to a new understanding of cosmic expansion and dark energy is yet to be seen.
The Fading Truth
The tale presents two paths: either rely upon the evidence of present observation, or rely upon past evidence of a fading truth.
The Heat of the Night
The cosmic infrared background radiates the heat of the night sky.
The Incredible Shrinking Universe
Most of the universe we can observe is forever beyond our reach.
The Strange Case Of Decaying Neutrons
Two measurements of the radioactive half-life of free neutrons give results in disagreement with each other, and may point to new physics.