Appearance is one thing, but reality is another. The world does not appear to be a hologram, but maybe it is. Thus begins ...

Particle physics probes the smallest distance scales, while cosmology observes the large-scale structure of the universe. Both sciences have made enormous strides in the past 50 years, and each has ...

Around 300 years ago Isaac Newton showed that the same laws governed the fall of an apple and the movement of the planets, and he changed how we see the world. Around a hundred years ago, Albert ...

Aug. 1 is Women Astronomers Day, highlighting the historical achievements of women in astronomy. The designation honors the ...

News: Cosmology, Theoretical Physics and Gravity Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin Research Dark Matter Might Have Formed Earlier than ...

Let's talk about astrophysics, cosmology and how our universe works. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down to talk about Astrophysics and Cosmology. By using what we've learned ...

Carving up the cosmos Cosmologists face a dilemma. The rise of quantitative cosmology, exemplified by the release of new data in March on the cosmic microwave background from the WMAP satellite (see ...

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 ...

They have given relational quantum cosmology an elegant formalism in terms of a mathematical structure called topos theory. Butterfield and Isham have also shown how an approach to quantum cosmology ...

Among other things, he realized the importance of the cosmic microwave background radiation born of the Big Bang, a discovery that was honored with the Nobel Prize in physics in 1978.

Princeton University physicist Curtis Callan will give a free public lecture on cosmology and particle physics on Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at the University Inn and Conference Center, 611 Ocean ...