Bright galaxies help solve mystery about early universe
They were much brighter than they were supposed to be.
Tag: big bang
Astronomers finally find the earliest molecule in the Universe
The breakthrough validates our current models of how the universe works.
Stephen Hawking: before the Big Bang there was nothing
It was a mind-blowing appearance by Professor Hawking.
Breakthrough in the search for dark matter from the first ever stars
It's an exciting time to be a scientist.
We’ve just found the earliest traces of hydrogen, showing when the first-ever stars ignited
We've learned a lot about the early universe.
What is the Big Bang theory — how the Universe came to be
Quite possibly the biggest question in modern science.
New mathematical model analyzes early Universe
Swiss physicists have developed a new model to chart the early development of the Universe in better detail than ever ...
Just one billion years following the Big Bang, water may had been as abundant as it is today
Water may have been plentiful in some parts of the universe as early as one billion years after the Big ...
New study suggests Big Bang never occurred, Universe existed forever
Climate change is a threat to all life and vegetation here on Earth, but some places are worse off than ...
Gravity waves laid to dust: when scientists get way ahead of themselves
BICEP2 (in the foreground) and the South Pole Telescope (in the background). Credit: Steffen Richter, Harvard ...
First direct evidence supporting the “Cosmic Inflation” theory helps explains how the Universe came to be
The BICEP2 experiment at the South Pole reported the first ever piece of evidence that support the cosmic inflation theory ...
Scientists reproduce conditions from early universe
Physicists have successfully reproduced a pattern resembling the cosmic microwave background radiation in an experiment which used ultracold cesium atoms ...
New cosmology model claims Universe may not be expanding
The current accepted cosmological model of the formation of the Universe states that it is expanding ...
Quantum theory takes out singularity, suggests black holes are wormholes
Black holes are the single most interesting and puzzling objects in our Universe - that we know of. But as ...
The Big Bang didn’t need God to happen, says Stephen Hawking @ Caltech. Also, dark matter discovery seen as most immediate goal
Renowned physicist, famous for his study of black holes, galaxies and for authoring a popular book on the origin of the ...
Scientists create a remix of the Big Bang sound
A decade ago, American physics professor John Cramer released an audio file which made history: the sound of the theorized Big ...
Map of the earliest recorded light paints broad picture of the ancient Universe
Cosmic microwave background seen by Planck. (c) ESA Using the incredible Planck cosmology probe astronomers at the European ...
Farthest known object in the Universe is 13.3 billion years old
The inset at left shows a close-up of the young dwarf galaxy. This image is a ...
Faint galaxy sheds light on the dawn of the Universe – many more to be found
The first galaxies formed very fast after the Big Bang - in cosmic time, that is. It's estimated that the ...
Ethereal glow might harbor the Universe’s first objects
First discovered in 2005, and then studied in more depth since 2007, NASA scientists have finally isolated the ethereal glow ...
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