Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?
Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.
The New York Times
Topics: Dark Energy Universe
Get Ready For Gravitational Waves All Day, Every Day
An infusion of cash is kicking off the next set of gravitational wave detectors, which will help physicists map the universe in richer detail.
WIRED
Topics: Gravitational Waves Universe
An Astrophysicist Who Maps the Universe’s Terra Incognita
Priyamvada Natarajan has pioneered the mapping and modeling of the universe’s invisible contents, especially dark matter and supermassive black holes.
Quanta Magazine
Topics: Black Holes Dark Matter Universe
A Weird, Immensely Powerful Radio Signal Is Perplexing Astronomers
Known as fast radio bursts, the peculiar short bursts of radio waves are reaching antennas here on Earth.
Salon
Topics: Extraterrestrial Life Universe
The Mystery of Existence
Interviews with Paul Davies, Hubert Dreyfus, John Leslie, Steven Weinberg, and more.
Closer To Truth
Topics: Reality Universe
The Universe, Meaning, Culture, Gratitude, and Human Nature
The Psychology Podcast recap for November 2018.
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Cultural Evolution Gratitude Meaning Scott Barry Kaufman Universe
Gravitational Waves Could Solve a Cosmological Crisis Within Five Years — or Shake Physics to Its Core
We’re closing in on one of the most important numbers in the universe.
Popular Science
Topics: Black Holes Gravitational Waves Stars Universe
What Is Nothing?
A physicist and a philosopher explain.
Motherboard
Topics: Metaphysics Universe
The Fourth Copernican Revolution
Is our universe one island in an archipelago?
Nautilus
Topics: Big Bang Martin Rees Multiverse Universe
A New Test for the Leading Big Bang Theory
Cosmologists have predicted the existence of an oscillating signal that could distinguish between cosmic inflation and alternative theories of the universe’s birth.
Topics: Big Bang Cosmic Inflation Universe
The Last of the Universe’s Ordinary Matter Has Been Found
For decades, astronomers weren’t able to find all of the atomic matter in the universe. A series of recent papers has revealed where it’s been hiding.
Topics: Galaxies Universe
Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory
A controversial new paper argues that universes with dark energy profiles like ours do not exist in the “landscape” of universes allowed by string theory.
Topics: Dark Energy Quantum Gravity String Theory Universe
String Theory May Create Far Fewer Universes Than Thought
Some physicists claim the popular landscape of universes in string theory may not exist.
Scientific American
Topics: Dark Energy Multiverse String Theory Universe
How Quantum Computers Could Kill the Arrow of Time
A new technique for quantum computing could bust open our whole model of how time moves in the universe.
Live Science
Topics: Nature of Time Quantum Mechanics Universe
Dark Side of the Universe
An interview series that explores dark matter, dark energy, and more.
Topics: Black Holes Dark Energy Dark Matter Universe
Universe Expansion ‘Detective Story’ Examined With New Tool
A new technique that analyzes clashing observations may help solve the mystery behind the expansion of the universe.
Space.com
Topics: Universe
Oddball Galaxy Puts Dark Matter Theory to the Test
Critical responses have broadsided a study claiming the discovery of a galaxy missing evidence of invisible mass.
Topics: Dark Matter Galaxies Universe
Long Evolution of the Universe
A new interview series.
Topics: Avi Loeb Cosmic Origins Galaxies Stars Universe
Neutrinos Linked With Cosmic Source for the First Time
High-energy neutrinos have been traced back to a flaring supermassive black hole known as a blazar. The long-sought link opens the door to an entirely new way to study the universe.
Topics: Black Holes Neutrinos Universe
Harvard, MIT Scientists Propose New Method to Measure Universe’s Expansion
Scientists from Harvard and MIT could have the key to discovering how the universe began and whether it will continue expanding or eventually collapse.
The Boston Globe
Gravitational Waves Hold Key to Knowing How Fast the Universe Is Expanding
Two physicists propose using rare pairs of black holes and neutron stars to nail down a more precise Hubble constant.
Inverse
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