‘One Direction’ – Isotropic Universe or not?
Isotropy, and by extension the Cosmological Principle, is tested to its limits, by a new modeling study of CMB fluctuations from PLANCK. Are groundbreaking results seen?
Particlebites reports on an emerging probe of cosmology and particle physics
Our sister site Particlebites covers a new detection of the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect.
The Trouble with H0 (or not?)
Theres trouble brewing in the field of cosmology, as astrophysicists attempt to understand the latest measurements of the Hubble constant.
Our Cosmology and The Big Picture: An Interview with Sean Carroll
Astrobites interviews Sean Carroll, one of the leading theoretical cosmologists of our time, about our universe, his new book and everything in between.
Conflicts between Expansion History of the Local and Distant Universe
New supernovae measurements and precise distance calculations lead to an interesting conflict in cosmological parameters in the universe, depending on whether a tool is used to probe the local or the distant universe. Read on to find out how!
Teaching Computers How Galaxies Form
After learning about galaxy formation, computers can imitate millions of hours of calculations in just a few minutes.