Lambda-CDM explains very well the observations at large scales. We have tested this theory with different observables — with the cosmic microwave background, with galaxy clustering, with…… Read more “Harvard Cosmologist Cora Dvorkin Dreams in Dark Matter | Quanta Magazine”
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Harvard Cosmologist Cora Dvorkin Dreams in Dark Matter | Quanta Magazine
The universe we can see is only a fraction of the great cosmic beyond. Galaxies, stars, planets, humans, trees — all of it comprises just 5% of…… Read more “Harvard Cosmologist Cora Dvorkin Dreams in Dark Matter | Quanta Magazine”
Cosmos on Nautilus: The Crisis of the Multiverse
If the universe, like a box of gas, can exist in only a finite number of available states, theory predicts that we are Boltzmann brains, which conflicts…… Read more “Cosmos on Nautilus: The Crisis of the Multiverse”
How Life Could Continue to Evolve – Issue 88: Love & Sex – Nautilus
… the ultimate currency of life in the universe may be life itself: The marvelous genetic surprises that biological and technological Darwinian experimentation can come up with…… Read more “How Life Could Continue to Evolve – Issue 88: Love & Sex – Nautilus”
How the Cosmic Microwave Background Reveals the Universe’s Contents | Quanta Magazine
A photograph of the infant cosmos reveals the precise amounts of dark matter and dark energy in the universe, leaving precious little room for argument. — Read…… Read more “How the Cosmic Microwave Background Reveals the Universe’s Contents | Quanta Magazine”
Heavy metal may rain from the skies of planet WASP 76b | Science News
On one distant world, “heavy metal” could be a weather forecast. Telescope observations indicate that an exoplanet nearly 400 light-years away has iron rain. The planet, dubbed…… Read more “Heavy metal may rain from the skies of planet WASP 76b | Science News”
Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit Was Made by a Bra Manufacturer | History | Smithsonian Magazine
For the suit’s creator, the International Latex Corporation in Dover, Delaware, the toughest challenge was to contain the pressure necessary to support life (about 3.75 pounds per…… Read more “Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit Was Made by a Bra Manufacturer | History | Smithsonian Magazine”
We’re Better Equipped to Find Extraterrestrial Life Now Than Ever Before | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
… however small the probability of seeing a signal from E.T. is, those chances are soon going to be a lot better than they have been in…… Read more “We’re Better Equipped to Find Extraterrestrial Life Now Than Ever Before | Science | Smithsonian Magazine”
How an Interstellar Starship Could Actually Explore Alpha Centauri
Last year, Stephen Hawking and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner hatched an ambitious plan to send a tiny probe to the Alpha Centauri star system. Travelling at 20…… Read more “How an Interstellar Starship Could Actually Explore Alpha Centauri”
Consciousness Isn’t Self-Centered – Issue 82: Panpsychism – Nautilus
… how does felt experience arise out of non-sentient matter? The Australian philosopher David Chalmers famously termed this the “hard problem” of consciousness.1 Unlike the “easy problems”…… Read more “Consciousness Isn’t Self-Centered – Issue 82: Panpsychism – Nautilus”
