Category: Physics, Earth & Space
Lawrence Krauss Extols Human Exceptionalism
Many in the life sciences attack human exceptionalism as necessarily predicated on religion. It can be, but isn’t necessarily so.
Sleepless in Oakland: Big Bang Gives NCSE Staffer Insomnia
The evidence of a beginning to the universe didn’t sit well with British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington, either.
A Fourth Layer of Epicycles on the Standard Cosmology
As you may recall, the Big Bang expelled all the matter in the universe with a certain amount of violence or explosive velocity.
Can You Perceive a Star That’s No Longer There?
The only reason we perceive that it still exists is that the light from it takes a long time to reach us.
Fare Thee Well, Kepler 438b
Research suggests the “most Earth-like planet ever” is blasted by deadly radiation.