cosmology

This book is written for a general audience, and basically is a review of the history of cosmology from the ancients to about 1992, with an epilogue that discusses the more recent developments such as dark matter and dark energy, which are questions yet to be solved conclusively. Beginning...

How long have we got 'til the Heat Death of the universe? I just want to know when I should think about making a will.

I've been rereading some of my books on cosmology and physics and keep stumbling over a conceptual barrier of mine. The concept of multiple "adjacent" universes, or a multiverse, or bubbleverse seems to appear in contemporary writings and treated with a sense of, "Sure why not?" If my...

Please, will somebody with the scientific know-how demolish this for me? www.thunderbolts.info

Being used to woo of all kinds, I was wondering today - The Steady State theory (I associate it mainly with Hoyle...) is there actually any good reason to consider it? Please bear in mind i know nothing about astrophysics,and have not the slightest idea where to start looking to answer my...

From what I've read, I understand that the space between objects in the universe is expanding in a way unrelated to actual velocity of said objects, and the energy to do so is how a portion of "dark matter" is to be reconciled with other things in cosmology. So my question is, that being so...

The recent discovery that neutrinos may have mass reminded me of my persisting confusion over the basis of the cosmological Big Picture, i.e. whether the Universe is open or closed. As I understand it, Omega is the average density. For various reasons, among which is a desire for 'neatness', it...

Interesting article in New Scientist... http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg18825305.800.html

Here is the thread, notice how quickly in degenerates from a serious scientific disucssion into "I believe, so there" : http://fcnforums.christianity.com/m_246208/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm Is my logic ok? Is there any way to know we are not at the center of the universe for sure? Anyone read...

Hello Folks! Its me again. I've been talking with a creationist friend of mine, and according to him, the Oscillating Universe Theory was thrown out the window in favour of a "Newtonian Heat-Death of the Universe" type of scenario. He also claims that (and I find these figures very suspicious)...