The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
This year’s physics Nobel made a statement about one of the world’s most pressing issues: climate change. In this Bite, we’ll go into the prize-winning science behind this Nobel from Manabe and Hasselmann.
A universe of pancakes
Today’s classic paper predicts the formation of “cosmic pancakes” on the largest scales.
The Origins of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Today’s classic paper from 1959 was the first SETI publication. We explore the field’s origins and current status.
It’ll All B-A-O-kay – How the BAO Feature Guards Cosmological Information From Nonlinear Evolution
Today’s classic paper explains why the baryon acoustic oscillation feature faithfully ferries cosmological information to the late universe.
From Dust Bunnies to Black Holes: Oppenheimer-Snyder Collapse
In this summary of a classic paper from 1939, we look back at the very first theory of black hole formation: Oppenheimer and Snyder’s model of a spherically collapsing ball of dust.
Ironing out Infinities with the Conformal Diagram
In today’s classic paper – Nobel laureate Roger Penrose fits the whole universe on a page!