Universe : Science World Report

Dec 11, 2013 08:32 AM EST

The Recipe for Universe Formation: Heat and Rotation

After the Big Bang, our universe began to expand and emerge, forming stars, galaxies and planetary systems. Yet the specifics of this formation process have long remained a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have taken a closer look at how the universe was formed.

Dec 05, 2013 03:35 PM EST

Whole Universe Visualized in Dark Matter Simulation

The vast scale of the whole universe is visible in this new simulation visualizing the assumed density field of otherwise invisible dark matter:

Oct 31, 2013 03:52 PM EDT

Supercomputing the Transition from Ordinary to Extraordinary Forms of Matter

Calculations plus experimental data help map nuclear phase diagram, offering insight into transition that mimics formation of visible matter in universe today

Sep 05, 2013 03:34 PM EDT

Research Field of New Physics is a Long-Term Project to Completely Explain the Universe

No one knows for sure, but it is not unlikely that the universe is constructed in a completely different way than the usual theories and models of today predict.

Aug 09, 2013 04:26 PM EDT

Constructing a 3D Map of Cosmic Large-Scale Structure

An international team led by astronomers from Kyoto University, the University of Tokyo and the University of Oxford has released its first version of a 3D map of the universe from its FastSound project, which is surveying galaxies in the universe over nine billion light-years away.

Jul 08, 2013 05:10 PM EDT

Cosmic Dust Belts Without Dust

Planets and asteroids, red giants and brown dwarfs - there are all kinds of objects in our Universe. Debris disks are among them. These are belts consisting of countless dust particles and planetesimals, circling around one central star.

Jul 01, 2013 04:04 PM EDT

World Premiere of IMAX® 3D Film Hidden Universe

The 3D production Hidden Universe, showing state-of-the-art telescopes in high-resolution time-lapse, mesmerising 3D versions of celestial structures, and a 3D simulation of the evolution of the Universe has been released in IMAX® theatres and giant-screen cinemas around the globe, with world premi...

Mar 21, 2013 08:49 PM EDT

New ‘Big Bang’ Map Reveals Cosmos Millions of Years Older than Previously Thought

Astronomers from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite released the most detailed map of the universe ever created, one that showed it to be 80 million to 100 million years older, as well as showing some interesting anomalies that scientists can't yet explain.

Jan 24, 2013 04:21 PM EST

NASA Joins Dark Universe Project of ESA Hunting For Dark Matter And Energy

A European space telescope designed to investigate the mysterious natures of dark matter and dark energy will launch in 2020 - and the North American Space Agency agreed to contribute to the project known as Euclid by supplying 20 of the required detectors for the near-infrared instrument. NASA also...

Jan 10, 2013 05:03 PM EST

Dark Energy Alternatives to Einstein Are Running Out of Room

Research by University of Arizona astronomy professor Rodger Thompson finds that a popular alternative to Albert Einstein's theory for the acceleration of the expansion of the universe does not fit newly obtained data on a fundamental constant, the proton to electron mass ratio.