Physicist Brian Greene: ‘Factual Information Is Not the Right Yardstick for Religion’
The theoretical physicist on distinguishing between fact and opinion, why he’d travel forward in time instead of back, and the value of religion.
The Guardian
Topics: Brian Greene Meaning Nature of Time Purpose Religiosity Universe
Philosophy of Cosmology
Watch the interview series.
Closer To Truth
Topics: Big Bang Cosmic Inflation Meaning Multiverse Universe
The Age of Interstellar Visitors
As astronomers get better at finding the comets and asteroids of other stars, they’ll learn more about the universe and our place in it.
Quanta Magazine
Topics: Exoplanets Galaxies Planets Universe
Can the Universe Provide Us with the Meaning of Life?
Astronomy and space exploration might offer a new perspective on our purpose in the cosmos.
Scientific American
Topics: Avi Loeb Extraterrestrial Life Meaning Purpose Universe
Cosmic Triangles Open a Window to the Origin of Time
A close look at fundamental symmetries has exposed hidden patterns in the universe. Physicists think that those same symmetries may also reveal time’s original secret.
Topics: Cosmic Inflation Nature of Time Universe
Can Physicists Rewrite the Origin Story of the Universe?
Some cosmologists are challenging the established narrative of how the universe began. But they say no one’s listening.
Undark
Topics: Cosmic Inflation Cosmic Origins Universe
‘Einstein’s Biggest Blunder’ May Have Finally Been Fixed
The cosmological constant has plagued physicists for more than a century.
Live Science
Topics: Dark Energy Gravity Multiverse Relativity Universe
What Would Alien Life Mean for Catholicism? The Vatican’s Chief Astronomer Explains
He also digs into Galileo, icy moons, and the relationship between science and religion.
Vox
Topics: Extraterrestrial Life Faith Models of Science & Religion Universe
Mystery Of Universe’s Expansion Deepens With New Cosmic Calculation
The question of how fast the universe is expanding just keeps getting more confusing.
New Scientist
Topics: Stars Universe
Alternative Theory of Gravity Makes a Nearly Testable Prediction
A massive simulation done with a “chameleon” theory of gravity.
Ars Technica
Topics: Dark Energy Dark Matter Galaxies Gravity Relativity Stars Universe
Are We Living in a Simulated Universe? Here’s What Scientists Say
What if our world were simply a hyper-realistic simulation, with all of us merely characters in some kind of sophisticated video game?
MACH, NBC News
Topics: Reality Universe
Lee Smolin on the Impossibility of Studying the Universe
Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Topics: Universe
How to Understand the Universe When You’re Stuck Inside of It
Lee Smolin has a radical idea for how to understand an object with no exterior: Imagine it built bit-by-bit from relationships between events.
Topics: Quantum Mechanics Reality Universe
The Cosmic Now
Are you here now? Impossible to say. The idea that any group of events can truly happen at once is just an illusion.
Aeon
Topics: Nature of Time Universe
Humans Are ‘a Species in a Very Rare Planet’: Cosmologist Makes the Case Against Existential Dread
Templeton Prize recipient Marcelo Gleiser says we have a ‘moral imperative’ to protect life on this planet.
Tapestry, CBC Radio
Topics: Marcelo Gleiser Nature Spirituality Universe
‘Cosmological Koans’ Review: Matter and Mystics
Eastern philosophies can have an uncanny congruence with cutting-edge physics.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Anthony Aguirre Cosmic Origins Multiverse Nature of Time Quantum Mechanics Reality Universe
Physicists Debate Hawking’s Idea That the Universe Had No Beginning
A recent challenge to Stephen Hawking’s biggest idea — about how the universe might have come from nothing — has cosmologists choosing sides.
Topics: Big Bang Cosmic Inflation Universe
The Death of Astronomy?
Probably not, but forthcoming commercial satellite constellations herald a new era for our night skies.
Life, Unbounded, Scientific American
Topics: Caleb Scharf Universe
The Universe Seems to Be Expanding Faster Than All Expectations
New evidence deepens a mystery around the Hubble constant, one of the most important numbers in cosmology.
National Geographic
Dark Matter Detector Makes Incredible Neutrino Observation
A detector designed to hunt for dark matter has made a particle physics observation that will hopefully help physicists establish important truths about our Universe.
Gizmodo
Topics: Dark Matter Neutrinos Particles Universe
Before the Big Bang
Study outlines new proposal for probing the primordial universe.
The Harvard Gazette
Topics: Cosmic Inflation Universe
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