Category: Cosmology
Astronomers “shocked” by earliest known spiral galaxy
| July 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
“Theories of galaxy formation held that the Universe was still too chaotic a place to allow such a perfectly formed or’ ‘grand-design’ spiral to form.” more
The Higgs boson (the God particle) is more relevant than God?
| July 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
“Far from explaining why these laws exist, the inflationary theory—like any theory in physics—necessarily presupposes the existence of the laws. ” more
The God particle: The cavalry arrived but SUSY wasn’t there.
| July 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Physics |
“‘“There’s going to be a huge massacre of theoretical ideas in the next couple of years,’ predicts Joe Lykken, a theoretical physicist at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois.” more
God particle consistent with standard model of physics after all?
| July 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, Intelligent Design, News |
“he Xenon100 results now rule out most of the region where pre-LHC CMSSM SUSY model fits showed a dark matter WIMP was supposed to be …” more
Cosmologists fight over winning universe lottery ticket
| July 16, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Physics |
“It may well have been the liveliest hour and a half I’ve ever spent in the company of theoretical physicists.” more
Evolution, climate change, and the multiverse sold together now in one convenient package
| July 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, Media, News |
“Gross objected strenuously to the program and how it was made, criticizing it for not distinguishing solid science from speculation, … ” more
Understanding the God particle questions via a useful flow chart
| July 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Physics |
However, if it is Saturday and work is simply out of the question, acquire all the understanding you need of the Higgs-like particle via THIS excellent flow chart. :- more
The Higgs hunt … Now we must find out what we found out
| July 5, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, Media, News |
Right now it feels like celebrating someone’s birthday without knowing how old they are, exactly. more
Official: It’s a Higgs boson-like particle
| July 4, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Physics |
A key issue is that – by their own standards, however they came to set them – they cannot quite claim what they would like to. more
We have need of physics beyond Standard Model …
| July 3, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Physics |
” … because the only SM is not sufficient to explain our universe” (at mass 125 GeV). more
God Particle: “Proof” now changed to “Evidence”
| July 2, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Physics |
“This may be the first time in history that a media headline about particle physics is incorrectly pessimistic … ” more
Breaking: God particle “all but proven” to exist – not yet discovery though
| July 2, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, Intelligent Design, News, Physics |
This is a leak. Announcement was supposed to be Friday. more
Is a pattern in the cosmic microwave background really evidence of a past universe?
| June 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, Intelligent Design, News |
“One of the main problems is that Gurzadyan & Penrose don’t do their probability calculations right. ” more
Higgs boson (“God particle”) really exists?
| June 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
The physics commenters are much less certain, as you will see, so the formal announcement should be interesting. more
Audio: Hugh Ross vs. Lewis Wolpert on evidence for a cosmic designer
| June 26, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Religion |
Wolpert could be at a disadvantage if, as a developmental biologist, he is learning the issues from the crackpot cosmologies featured in pop science mags. more
Darwinism explains why the Big Bang didn’t need God
| June 24, 2012 | Posted by O'Leary under Cosmology, News |
” … we shouldn’t necessarily trust our instincts, for they were honed to help us survive on the African savannah 150,000 years ago … ” more
Don’t give in to Higgsteria, officials advise
| June 21, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
One senses that the concerns about the Standard Model will not genuinely be alleviated by the findings, once it is agreed what they are. They are findings, yes, but maybe not the ones hoped for. more
Big Bang: Were we wrong about the cosmic microwave background?
| June 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News, Physics |
But if it turns out to be bad news, it is bad news in the real world. At least it is not frustrating, science-stopping nonsense about multiverses. more
Higgs boson found?
| June 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
” strong hints of a Higgs around 125 GeV. The main channel investigated is the gamma-gamma channel where they are each seeing about a 4 sigma signal.” more
Sat nite at the movies: Yup, parallel world explains loss of neutrons in experiment
| June 16, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
“Berezhiani believes it could be interpreted in the light of a hypothetical parallel world consisting of mirror particles. Each neutron would have the ability to transition into its invisible mirror twin, and back, oscillating from one world to the other. ” more