Radical New Theory Rewrites the Story of the Earliest Universe
Following the Big Bang, our universe expanded at an exponential rate. According to this theory, known as cosmic…
Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn’t Exist
Gravitational waves—ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic events—travel at the speed of light in every direction, eventually…
Dark matter discovery: Dark matter mystery Why there is no light yet after decades of search
In 1933, Swiss astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky was observing the Coma Cluster — a massive congregation of galaxies about…
Unexpected clustering pattern in dwarf galaxies challenges formation models
Li, C. et al. The dependence of clustering on galaxy properties. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 368, 21–36…
Eminent astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar, who co-developed alternative gravity theory to Einstein’s relativity, dies
Pune: Dr Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, one of India’s most eminent astrophysicists and a global name in cosmology, passed…
Gravity Could Be Proof We’re Living in a Computer Simulation, New Theory Suggests
We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature–one of…
The End of the Universe Could Arrive “Much Sooner Than Expected,” Astronomers Now Warn
The universe, often considered a place of eternal cosmic stability, could instead be on a slow but inescapable…
Why astronomers are starting to doubt cosmology’s standard model
The Coma Cluster is a galaxy cluster composed of over 1,000 galaxies. The most recent distance measurement places…
Study says Big Bang isn’t real, universe formed in fleeting bursts
Forget one Big Bang — try many. A bold new theory pokes holes in the popular origin story,…
Andromeda’s asymmetric satellite system as a challenge to cold dark matter cosmology
We made use of RR Lyrae-based distances for the Andromeda galaxy and 37 of its dwarf satellites compiled in…