Introduction: Cosmology - New Scientist
Sep 4, 2006 · Introduction: Cosmology. Cosmologists study the universe as a whole: its birth, growth, shape, size and eventual fate. The vast scale of the universe became clear in the 1920s when Edwin Hubble ...
Cosmology news, articles and features | New Scientist
cosmology. Space Signals from exotic new stars could hide in gravitational wave data A computer simulation suggests that some collisions between exotic, hypothetical stars would make space-time ...
50 ideas to change science forever: Cosmology | New Scientist
Oct 13, 2010 · Supersymmetry. The window to a new reality. The standard model of particle physics is both wildly successful and manifestly incomplete. When we consider what might extend and deepen our ...
The universe lines up along the 'axis of evil'. Coincidence?
Oct 26, 2016 · COSMOLOGISTS called it the axis of evil. Spotted in 2005 in the cosmic microwave background, the all-pervading afterglow of the big bang, the axis was a peculiar alignment of features where we ...
A legendary cosmologist on how to find a deeper theory of the …
Jan 22, 2024 · JIM PEEBLES is widely known as the architect of modern cosmology – and its nice-guy-in-chief. Awarding his half-share of the 2019 Nobel prize for physics, the committee said he “took on the ...
Top 10: Weirdest cosmology theories - New Scientist
Sep 4, 2006 · 3. Superfluid space-time. One of the most outlandish new theories of cosmology is that space-time is actually a superfluid substance, flowing with zero friction. Then if the universe is rotating ...
Reality guide: The essential laws of cosmology | New Scientist
Sep 21, 2016 · Space Reality guide: The essential laws of cosmology. Our expanding universe began in a big bang 13.8 billion years ago. But what underlying laws of nature shape our vision of time and space?
We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of …
Apr 15, 2024 · It is the largest cosmic void we know of, spanning 2 billion light years. Our galaxy happens to be near its centre, but the trouble with this hole isn’t that it presents a proximate danger ...
Planck shows almost perfect cosmos – plus axis of evil
Mar 21, 2013 · The “axis of evil” was identified by Planck’s predecessor, NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). The pattern of hot and cold variations in the CMB should be randomly ...
'Axis of evil' a cause for cosmic concern - New Scientist
Apr 11, 2007 · But evidence is growing that the so-called “axis of evil” – a pattern apparently imprinted on the radiation left behind by the big bang – may be real, posing a threat to standard cosmology ...