The Hubble tension just got tenser — with new measurements revealing that the universe is expanding faster than our current understanding of physics can explain. Over the past decade, cosmology has been embroiled in a growing crisis. Fuelling it are observations, first made by the Hubble Space Telescope and later …
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Cosmogony: Penrose, The Big Bang and the Psychology of Science
Roger Penrose’s winning the Nobel Prize for his work with Stephen Hawking on black holes presents us a fine time to talk about … source
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The James Webb telescope has brought cosmology to a tipping point. Will it soon reveal new physics?
For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with some recent observations. There are heated debates about whether these observations are biased, or whether the …
James Webb telescope detects oldest ‘dead’ galaxy in the known universe — and its death could challenge cosmology
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered the oldest “dead” galaxy ever seen — but the cosmic corpse has left scientists puzzled as it defies explanation by our current knowledge of the early cosmos. The galaxy suddenly and mysteriously halted star formation when the universe was just …
We Asked an Astrophysicist About Aliens, Mars and the Origin of Everything
Dr Brian Keating is an American cosmologist who holds the position of Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of physics at the … source
