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1 week ago

George Smoot obituary: Charismatic cosmologist who revealed ripples in the Big Bang's afterglow

George Smoot measured cosmic microwave background temperature variations with COBE, revealing primordial density ripples that supported dark-matter-driven galaxy formation; he died aged 80.
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1 month ago

Why we still don't understand the Universe - even after a century of dispute

Discordance fits into the class of conventional popular cosmology, in so far that it is an account of how our present understanding of the Universe has emerged. But it is also, with some exceptions, more historically correct than other similar books. Baggott's book is a masterpiece that combines depth with clarity and comprehensiveness with readability. It presents modern cosmology as an unfinished business, rather than as the final conclusion on what the Universe is all about.
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4 months ago

Ask Ethan: Could the CMB arise from galaxies, not the Big Bang?

New ideas refine scientific understanding of the Universe rather than completely negating it.
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