...cosmic microwave background, the ubiquitous background residual of the Big Bang, close to the phenomenon that emitted them. In... to build a Cherenkov light detector that will be big enough to measure interactions that only occur about once every...
... oldest light in the universe that has been permeating space from around 400,000 after the big bang, scientists have calculated that ‘normal’ matter – protons, neutrons and other subatomic particles that make up all...
...device and its surroundings, creating a rapidly expanding cloud of superhot radioactive plasma. In short: bright light, big bang, radioactive afterglow. Nuclear explosives have been considered for space propulsion of large objects. Spacecraft designs...
... within the currently understood age of the universe (from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago). This limit is referred to as ...interested in the whole of the Earth’s surface. So how big is the universe beyond the observable volume? Size matters This...
...to the strange Universe we inhabit. Ever since the Big Bang exploded the Universe into existence some 13.8 billion years ago...’ needed to be folded for launch as no rocket fairing was big enough to house the full mirror. Cosmic dust is the building ...
... evolved and therefore expanded since it came into being with a big bang, scientists use a model known as lambda CDM (or ΛCDM)....model,” explained Lusso. At the moment, the discrepancy is big enough to infer that extra physics are needed to reconcile...