Introduction: Cosmology - New Scientist
Sep 4, 2006 · Cosmologists study the universe as a whole: its birth, growth, shape, size and eventual fate. The vast scale of the universe became clear in the 1920s when Edwin Hubble proved …
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A dwarf galaxy 100 million light years away is being stripped of its crucial star-forming gas, and it seems that the cosmic web is siphoning off this gas as the galaxy passes through
The cosmic landscape of time that explains our universe's expansion
Mar 4, 2025 · A strange new conception of how time warps across the universe does away with cosmology's most mysterious entity, dark energy
Dark energy bombshell sparks race to find a new model of the universe
May 2, 2025 · ‘Shocking’ results from a major astronomical study have raised doubts about the standard model of cosmology, forcing scientists to consider new ways of understanding dark energy and gravity
Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right
Nov 20, 2024 · Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been proven right on the largest scale yet. An analysis of millions of galaxies shows that the way they have evolved and clustered over ...
We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology
Apr 15, 2024 · Space We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology Mounting evidence suggests our galaxy sits at the centre of an expanse of nothingness 2 billion light years wide.
A legendary cosmologist on how to find a deeper theory of the universe
Jan 22, 2024 · JIM PEEBLES is widely known as the architect of modern cosmology – and its nice-guy-in-chief. Awarding his half-share of the 2019 Nobel prize for physics, the committee said he “took on …
The universe lines up along the 'axis of evil'. Coincidence?
Oct 26, 2016 · “Studying the axis of evil is certainly worthwhile. However, I don’t believe it represents a major gap in our understanding of early-universe cosmology.”
One of the biggest mysteries of cosmology may finally be solved
Apr 9, 2024 · The expansion rate of the universe, measured by the Hubble constant, has been one of the most controversial numbers in cosmology for years, and we seem at last to be close to nailing it …
Cosmic inflation - New Scientist
Cosmic inflation is a faster-than-light expansion of the universe that spawned many others. Inflation was invented to explain a couple of features of the universe that are really hard to explain ...