June 4, 2011
Rebooting the Cosmos: Is the Universe the Ultimate Computer? [Replay]
A World Science Festival event, from N.Y.U.'s Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Saturday, June 4, 7:45 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. ET
Cosmology
June 2, 2011
World Science Festival: The Dark Side of the Universe [Replay]
Live from the New York University Skirball Center, Thursday, June 2, from 8 P.M.-9:30 P.M. ET
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Space & PhysicsJune 2, 2011
Dispatches from the May 2011 Dark Matter Symposium at the Space Telescope Science Institute
For four days in May, leading physicists and astronomers gathered in Baltimore to talk about the abundant but mysterious stuff that accounts for one quarter of the universe.
Space & PhysicsMay 27, 2011
Hope for Future Discoveries Both Near and Far at the American Astronomical Society Meeting
Space & PhysicsMay 26, 2011
The Real Explosions in the Sky: Supernovae Translated into Music [Video]
Space & PhysicsMay 26, 2011
Astronomical Deficit Forces Downsizing of U.S. Telescope Projects
The federal fiscal crisis is pushing NASA and National Science Foundation officials to make painful choices between present and proposed astronomy programs
Space & PhysicsMay 23, 2011
Arm's Trace: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy
A looping spiral arm of gas some 70,000 light-years away seems to preserve the galaxy's spiral symmetry
May 23, 2011
WiggleZ Project Confirms Dark Energy's Effects
A survey of 150,000 galaxies confirms predictions about dark energy, thought to be what's driving galaxies apart. John Matson reports
May 19, 2011
Big Space: The Scale of the Solar System
Bring Science Home: Activity 14
Space & PhysicsMay 17, 2011
Space Is an Elaborate Illusion
The SciencesMay 11, 2011
Accelerated Expectations: All Eyes on Large Hadron Collider in Dark Matter Hunt
Researchers from a number of overlapping disciplines are awaiting a big boost from the world's largest particle collider
Space & PhysicsMay 9, 2011
Array of Hope: Australia and South Africa Vie for Massive Radio Telescope Project
The ambitious, unprecedentedly vast Square Kilometer Array project should open up new realms in astrophysics. But will it live up to its name?