The End of the Universe
Space is a mesmerizing thing of beauty; however, one day, the universe that we have spent time observing will cease to exist. Read today’s bite to explore the inevitable death of the universe.
Leavitt’s Standard Candles
Happy International Women’s Day. This astrobite investigates how astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s work changed our understanding of the size of the universe!
Something from Nothing: Simulating our Universe
High resolution computational simulations are a valuable means by which Astronomers test our understanding of the Universe, and make predictions. The world of computational astrophysics broke new ground recently with the highest resolution cosmological simulation to date, Illustris, making for some spectacular science and some spectacular images.
Life, the Universe and Everything Explained
Why resort to complicated theories that involve mysterious, unknown forces and states of matter? The geocentric model of the Universe nicely explains 1st century C.E. data.