cosmology

Debate Notes: Sean Carroll vs William Lane Craig

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Last weekend, physicist Sean Carroll debated William Lane Craig at the Greer-Heard Forum (a program of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) Alas, no recording … yet. I did not watch this and was under the assumption that I could catch it the next day on YouTube … but no, the YouTube live stream went private. My guess is … Read more

The Entire Universe … in one short video

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Now this is cool, or at least it is for me, and so perhaps you might (or might not) also think so. The American Museum of Natural History created a movie called “The Known Universe” for you to enjoy, and what is interesting about it is that everything you see within it comes from the world’s most complete … Read more

Claim: “Proof of aliens” from a real professor at a real university.

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The headlines have of course been popping up … Aliens do exist and have been found living in the clouds above the Peak District – Telegraph Balloon sent to edge of atmosphere picks up organisms ‘that can only have come from space’ – Daily Mail OK, so have they actually discovered “alien organisms”? Short answer … Read more

Exploring the heliosheath depletion region

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It has taken us 35 years to get there, but finally we are now beginning to explore the heliosheath depletion region. Er … the what? Voyager 1, launched over 35 years ago, is at the fringe of the solar system and is now in a new region — not quite out, but not quite in at the same time – … Read more

Stars

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I have two Star related items for you today. 100,000 Stars Google has launched a new Chrome Experiment called “100,000 Stars,” which provides a stunning look at the stars that arerelatively close to Earth – you know, just a few light years away. Google explains … Visualizing the exact location of every star in the galaxy is … Read more

Building your very own Universe

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A new computational model that can accurately follow the birth and evolution of thousands of galaxies over billions of years has been developed by a collaboration between the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies(HITS). We have now reaching a point where there is enough computing power available to build a model of an entire universe … Read more