Largest-Ever Survey of Cosmic History Confirms That Dark Energy Exists, Is Tearing the Universe Apart
Posted by admin in Space on 21. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
The Cosmic Microwave Background After a five-year study of 200,000 galaxies, scientists are more certain than ever that dark energy acts as a repulsive force, tearing the universe apart at an accelerating rate. The research confirms the idea that dark energy dominates gravity throughout the cosmos. But no one has any idea what dark energy [...]
Unprecedented Cosmic Explosion Spawns an Intergalactic Mystery
Posted by admin in Space on 08. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
A mystery is unfolding out there in the cosmos, and NASA’s Swift, Hubble Space Telescope, and Chandra X-Ray Observatory are teaming up to solve the case. But while researchers have pieced together some of the pieces of the puzzle over the last week, the huge, high-energy blast continues to brighten and fade, making it the [...]
A 3-D Tour of All the Known Galaxies, In 90 Seconds
Posted by admin in Space on 07. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
This little video shows off all of the galaxies we’re currently aware of, in one swirling, fluid shot. It’s like the visualizer your freshman college roommate used to stare at on his laptop while listening to Sigur Ros, under the influence of who knows what–but for real. Apparently the video was created by taking images [...]
NASA and DARPA Plan ‘Hundred-Year Starship’ To Bring Humans to Other Worlds And Leave Them There Forever
Posted by admin in Space on 21. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Mars Mining This Mars miner will probably never go home again. If NASA ever gets a clear directive for interplanetary exploration, a new Hundred-Year Starship could be their version of the Mayflower. And like the first pilgrims, Martian explorers might set sail with the knowledge they would never return home. NASA and DARPA have joined [...]
Astronomers use giant magnifying lens in space to probe dark energy
Posted by admin in Space on 25. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Hubble Space Telescope image of the inner region of Abell 1689, an immense cluster of galaxies located 2.2 billion light-years away Dark energy has been described as the greatest puzzle of our universe. This mysterious force, discovered in 1998, is pushing the universe apart at ever-increasing speeds and astronomers have now devised a new [...]
