Much like the Cosmic Microwave Background, the Cosmic Neutrino Background permeates our Universe and it could take us back to 1 second after the Big Bang. Today, we discuss the effect of the Sun on modulating the expected signal from the neutrino background.
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.
We can measure the expansion of the universe with velocities and distances of extragalactic objects. But measuring distances is tough! The authors of this paper have developed a new technique for measure the distances of AGN using the “echo” of light from heated dust.
What do the sizes of galaxies have to tell us about cosmology? Today, we discuss how the velocity of a galaxy can change its observed size and tell us about the properties of the Universe.
There might be more information in the Hubble diagram of supernovae than we first thought. Far away supernovae are subject to gravitational lensing and in the upcoming decades, they could be used to determine how much matter there is in the Universe and how it clusters.
From measurements of quasar spectra, we can determine whether or not the fine structure constant is really a constant.