Are Astronomy 101 Students Flat-Universers?
Today’s paper ventures into the realm of Astronomy Education Research, unpacking how students in ASTRO 101 courses think about the shape of the universe.
Today’s paper ventures into the realm of Astronomy Education Research, unpacking how students in ASTRO 101 courses think about the shape of the universe.
20 years ago, WMAP discovered the anomalous Cold Spot in the CMB. Researchers have since been puzzling over its existence, but the case of the Cold Spot still remains open. Recently, researchers have proposed a theory that the foregrounds of a galaxy supergroup could be responsible for the Cold Spot. Could these foregrounds really be the culprit?
We move through the universe relative to the Cosmic Microwave Background. Could our movement cause our measurements of the Hubble constant to be biased?
In 2022, we think of the Big Bang theory as a cornerstone of cosmology, but as recently as a few decades ago, scientists weren’t so sure. Today’s classic astrobite explores one of the final pieces of evidence that helped the Big Bang become the widely accepted idea it now is.
With new CMB experiments coming online in the next decade, what are astronomers hoping to find? The answer may surprise you.
The distribution of galaxies clusters (BAOs) are a beloved tool for cosmological analysis. But what about cosmic voids? Stare into the void, and you might just learn something new!