Category: Physics, Earth & Space
Is the Multiverse Science or Religion?
Or pseudoscience? A no-nonsense theoretical physicist reveals a gift for comedy as she tries to explain theories that place no constraints on what can happen.
How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?
A correspondent asked me recently how we know the age of the universe. The answer is calculated from the inverse of the Hubble constant.
Stephen Meyer: No, the Big Bang Hasn’t Been “Disproven”
Today, the mark of genuine disinformation is, often, the repeated, robotic use of the word “disinformation.”
Michael Keas: Faith, Science, and the Phases of Venus
Dr. Keas explains, among things, the role that Venus with its phases, like those of our Moon, played in advancing astronomy into the modern age.
The Silence of the Space Aliens
The SEETI thinkers are looking for signs of intention. Even in global death, they believe they could separate natural causes from intelligent causes.