The latest attempt to rattle the foundations of cosmology appeared as a smattering of dots pulled upward into a cosmic sneer. The arc of distant galaxies, which Alexia Lopez presented at the American ...

“The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility,” explains James Adam, astrophysicist at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, and lead author of ...

(via Dr. Becky) The Copernican principle states that the Earth is not in a special place in the Universe. Us humans are not privileged observers, we’re seeing the same Universe as everyone else; and ...

IMAGINE you are marooned in a vast, featureless expanse. Everywhere you look, no matter how far you travel, it all looks the same. It sounds like a disturbing dream. Believe it or not, though, this is ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...