AvatarJerry SpillerAvatarAvatar'Emergent gravity' could force us to rewrite the laws of physicsLive Science - By Paul SutterThe idea of emergent gravity is still new and requires a lot of assumptions in its calculations to make it work. But if experimental evidence ever …
AvatarJerry SpillerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientist claims dark matter doesn't exist and the universe is twice as oldbgr.com - Joshua HawkinsWe have a bit of a crisis on our hands — a dark matter crisis if you will. That’s because, for years, scientists theorized that dark matter, an …
AvatarJerry SpillerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWebb Telescope Reveals Worlds in the Farthest Reaches of the Solar Systemskyandtelescope.org - Emily LakdawallaThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was highly anticipated for the infrared vision that would allow it to peer deep into the past at extremely …
AvatarJerry SpillerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWe May Have "Misunderstood the Universe," Nobel Prize Winner Saysverified_publisherfuturism.com - Noor Al-Sibai"What remains is the real and exciting possibility we have misunderstood the universe." You Grow Girl For a long time, scientists believed they …
AvatarJerry SpillerAvatarAvatarScience explains your place in the multiverseverified_publisherFast Company - By Next Big Idea ClubPaul Halpern, popular science author of ‘The Allure of the Multiverse,’ discusses parallel universes and alternate worlds. Paul Halpern is a professor of physics at Saint Joseph’s University and the author of 18 popular science books, including Flashes of Creation, The Quantum Labyrinth, Einstein’s …
AvatarJerry SpillerAvatarAvatarThere’s a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is HidingWIRED - Steve NadisAn idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hidden in an as-yet-unseen extra dimension. Scientists are racing to test the theory …
AvatarJerry SpillerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists Track How a Giant Wave Moved Through Our Galactic Backyarduniversetoday.com - Alan BoyleAstronomers say there’s a wave rippling through our galactic neighborhood that’s playing a part in the birth and death of stars — and perhaps in …
AvatarJerry SpillerAvatarAvatarJames Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way, and it's threatening to upend cosmologyLive Science - By Ben TurnerAstronomers believe the first galaxies formed around giant halos of dark matter. But a newly discovered galaxy dating to roughly 13 billion years ago …
AvatarJerry SpillerNew Theory Describes Black Holes as Stars Within Stars Inflated by Dark Energytheamazelab - Amaze LabThere’s still a whole lot we don’t know about black holes and that goes double for the supermassive variety. They can be billions of times the mass of our Sun and many were created when the universe was in its infancy, meaning there weren’t any stars big enough to collapse into such large behemoths. Now, physicists have a new theory about what they are and it could change everything.
AvatarJerry SpillerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoOur universe is merging with 'baby universes', causing it to expand, new theoretical study suggestsspace.com - By Andrey FeldmanThe universe is expanding faster and faster, but not all scientists agree that dark energy is the cause. Perhaps, instead, our universe keeps …
AvatarJerry SpillerControversial Physics-Defying Quantum Drive Appears To Be Lost In Spaceiflscience.comAn experimental quantum drive is missing and presumed lost in space, after the team lost communication with the satellite it was supposed to move. …
AvatarJerry SpillerAvatarAvatarThe Science Behind the MultiverseNext Big Idea Club - Paul HalpernPaul Halpern is a professor of physics at Saint Joseph’s University and the author of eighteen popular science books, including Flashes of Creation, …