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SPHEREx launch and telescope details
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
NASA's pursuit of understanding the cosmos is set to take a significant leap forward with the upcoming launch of a new sky-mapping space telescope, the SPHEREx space telescope, which is scheduled to launch on February 27, 2025. The launch will take place from Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg...
String theory continues to show signs of life
Monday, November 25, 2024 by Richard Harris
In the quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe, scientists have long sought a model that elegantly unifies all of nature's forces and particles. While the idea of assembling such a model with Legos is charming, a more promising approach involves the concept of strings—not in the lit...
Cosmic Inflation enigma
Sunday, November 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
In the realm of cosmology, the concept of cosmic inflation has long intrigued scientists. Cosmic inflation refers to the rapid expansion of the universe that occurred fractions of a second after the Big Bang. While this theory has been instrumental in explaining the large-scale structure of the univ...
Simons Observatory launches big bang inflation measurements
Monday, June 24, 2024 by Richard Harris
The Simons Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert is set to tackle one of the universe's greatest mysteries: what transpired in the moments following the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago. Simons Observatory launches observations to investigate big bang inflation This observatory fea...