Universe
25/03/2017 - 20:15
Of course, plenty of thoughtful people argue that the Earth alone contains too much pain and suffering to be the work of a good God. But... →
19/12/2016 - 15:21
This is not just an idle fantasy: many scientists would now argue that the detection of extraterrestrial life is more a question of when,... →
08/12/2016 - 12:34
As a research astrophysicist, I can say without exaggeration that a day never goes by when I am not impressed by the amazing explanatory... →
25/07/2016 - 15:54
Many physicists have made peace with the idea of a block universe, arguing that the task of the physicist is to describe how the universe... →
23/06/2016 - 12:01
Back in 1961, scientist Frank Drake came up with the first equation to predict how many spacefaring civilizations there were in the... →
26/05/2016 - 16:23
There is no doubt that SETI – the search for extraterrestrial intelligence – has received a huge fillip from the recent discovery of... →
22/03/2016 - 16:45
When the Universe as we know it — full of matter and radiation — began, it began with a few strange properties that didn’t necessarily have... →
01/11/2015 - 14:13
That’s because dark matter is not made out of the same material as ordinary matter—atoms or familiar elementary particles, whose... →
07/06/2015 - 13:42
The multitude of planetary systems seems to be yet another fact of our cosmic inconsequence, in which our corner of the universe is just... →
02/01/2015 - 15:04
In the past 50 years we’ve gone from imagining alien life as a near certainty to something far more unknown, more precious. This scientific... →
28/06/2014 - 12:17
The universe itself, the product of that Bang, was once seen as proof that our home, and ourselves, were at the centre of everything. The... →
05/02/2014 - 13:57
And that cooler gas has much more mass than scientists previously estimated, Jessica Werk reported Jan. 7. She presented her new findings... →