Ask Ethan: Can stars form within the expanding Universe?
Our Universe doesn’t just expand and cool, but the expansion itself is accelerating. Can stars form under such structure-erasing…Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
SCIENCE
10 solstice facts for everyone to know
Earth orbits the Sun while spinning on its tilted axis, with two annual occasions marking that maximal tilt. That’s where solstices arise.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
The USA’s Genesis Mission: moonshot or madness?
The Department of Energy’s newest mission seeks to make a unified AI platform across all national labs. Will it help US science, or kill…Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
As 2025 ends, the Standard Model still hasn’t cracked
Our Standard Model of the Universe, for both particle physics and cosmology, remains intact for now. When will its foundations crack?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
Brightest-ever lensed supernova reveals astronomy’s coming revolution
With the observation of SN 2025wny, a lensed superluminous supernova, astronomy’s future comes into sharp, exciting focus.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
Starts With A Bang podcast #124 — Astrochemistry
It takes a wide variety of processes in the Universe to make all the elements that populate space today. We’re still discovering new ones!Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
Ask Ethan: How do LLMs/chatbots impact students and cheating?
As technology advances, more opportunities for cheating arise. AI/LLMs aren’t posing a new problem; they’re how students cheat themselves.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
Does science reveal the absolute truth about reality?
Science isn’t absolute. Its truths and discoveries enable us to approximate reality, but we must always remain open-minded to revisions.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
Gravitational lensing is amazing, but won’t solve the Hubble tension
The method you use to measure the expanding Universe determines which of two answers you’ll get. Lensed supernovae can’t resolve that…Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
10 scientific truths that somehow became unpopular in 2025
Scientific truths remain true regardless of belief. These 10, despite contrary claims, remain vitally important as 2025 draws to a close.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! » Source link...
