Introduction: Cosmology - New Scientist The WMAP spacecraft put the standard picture of cosmology on a firm footing by precisely measuring the spectrum of fluctuations in the microwave background, which fits a universe 13 7 billion
One of the biggest mysteries of cosmology may finally be solved The expansion rate of the universe, measured by the Hubble constant, has been one of the most controversial numbers in cosmology for years, and we seem at last to be close to nailing it down
The cosmic landscape of time that explains our universes expansion Space The cosmic landscape of time that explains our universe's expansion A strange new conception of how time warps across the universe does away with cosmology's most mysterious entity, dark energy
Has the biggest problem in cosmology finally been solved? Space Has the biggest problem in cosmology finally been solved? For decades, cosmologists have been fighting over the Hubble constant, a number that represents the expansion rate of the universe
The universe lines up along the axis of evil. Coincidence? COSMOLOGISTS called it the axis of evil Spotted in 2005 in the cosmic microwave background, the all-pervading afterglow of the big bang, the axis was a peculiar alignment of features where we
Cosmology news, articles and features | New Scientist cosmology Physics Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the
Reality guide: The essential laws of cosmology | New Scientist The standard model of cosmology is our picture of the universe on a grand scale Its basis is Einstein’s theory of gravity, the general theory of relativity, which he formulated almost exactly a