03 June 2020
New study challenges the assumption that the Universe doesn't spin
... short. Studies of this relic radiation leftover from the Big Bang showed that it looks nearly identical in every direction.... about the large-scale structure of the Universe is a big deal, but Shamir seems confident that no error or contamination...
March 2016
Gravitational waves provide new window on the universe
... about their progenitor and they can also be produced by other violent events in the cosmos such as the big bang. Figure 2: The main equation of Einstein’s General Relativity While the phenomena that produce these waves are...
February 2019
Chaos and creation – cultural directions for the space industry
... theory of quantum fluctuations of the void causing the singularity from which the Universe emerged during the Big Bang. Chaos is not then about creation itself but the place from which creation comes. A formless reservoir...
June 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
... increase with the distance between them and this is a manifestation of the expansion of the universe following the Big Bang. Observations of the Hydroxide molecules in a cloud surrounding a distant quasar show that the fine structure constant has...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... about a universe nearly 13 billion years old and still expanding from a ‘singularity’ at the point of the original ‘big bang’. And on top of this we now have the concept of multiple universes! The description of the universe developed by astronomers...
30 November 2015
LISA Pathfinder set for liftoff
... of space-time that are theorised by scientists to have been produced in the fractions of a second after the big bang, when the Universe underwent an incredibly rapid period of inflation. These waves are therefore a signature of this inflationary...
