Cosmology

Physicists Are Closing In on The Elusive “Chameleon Particle” and Discovering the Mysterious Nature of Dark Energy

Physicists Are Closing In on The Elusive “Chameleon Particle” and Discovering the Mysterious Nature of Dark Energy

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

At a lab in the center of the University of California, Berkeley, just off Oppenheimer Way, the street named for the “father ...

Giant ‘bubble’ in space could be source of powerful cosmic rays

Giant ‘bubble’ in space could be source of powerful cosmic rays

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Conditions in the star-forming region Cygnus OB2 are ideal for producing high-energy cosmic rays.Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Drake et al; H-alpha: Univ. of ...

Black hole observations solve cosmic-ray mystery

Black hole observations solve cosmic-ray mystery

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

An array of telescopes in Namibia has pinpointed the origin of some of the most energetic particles the Galaxy can produce. The ...

China’s new dark matter lab is biggest and deepest yet

China’s new dark matter lab is biggest and deepest yet

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Some 2,400 metres below the Jinping Mountains in southwest China, the world’s deepest and largest underground laboratory has just opened. The enormous ...

Does quantum theory imply the entire Universe is preordained?

Does quantum theory imply the entire Universe is preordained?

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Is cosmic evolution a single track with no choice about the destination?Credit: Getty Was there ever any choice in the Universe being ...

The Big Bang never happened – so what did?

The Big Bang never happened – so what did?

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Introduction by Asia Times Science Editor Jonathan Tennenbaum In September Eric Lerner created a sensation with his Asia Times article, “Saying goodbye to ...

NASA’s Webb & Hubble Unite To Create Most Colorful View of Universe

NASA’s Webb & Hubble Unite To Create Most Colorful View of Universe

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data ...