Must Multiple Universes Exist?
Of all human knowledge, the most stunning may be multiple universes—very many universes, perhaps an infinite number of universes. Are multiple universes—the ‘multiverse’—scientific fact, theory or...
View ArticleMultiverse: Where Do We Go from Here? (Part 1)
The stunning realization that there may be multiple universes has progressed from speculative metaphysics (or science fiction) to serious theoretical cosmology to data-rich observational cosmology to...
View ArticleHow Did the Universe Begin?
It’s among the oldest questions because we humans are rightly obsessed by ultimate origins. Cosmologists can now explain back to the first 10-36 second of our universe – with the theory of “cosmic...
View ArticleTo Seek Cosmic Origins
How things start helps reveal what things are. How can we conceive the beginning of the universe? What are latest theories? Are they all speculation? What’s the recent evidence? The post To Seek Cosmic...
View ArticleThe Multiverse: What’s Real?
What could be more startling than many universes – multiple universes, innumerable universes, perhaps an infinite number of universes? But does the multiverse really exist? The post The Multiverse:...
View ArticleCosmology and Creation
To most physicists, mindless laws generated the universe. A few believe that a supreme being is the creator. But don’t the discoveries of cosmology eliminate the need for supernatural causes? The post...
View ArticleThe Future of Cosmology
Cosmology is the study of the structure, beginning and end of the universe, and it has been transformed from mostly metaphysical speculation to a precision observational science. We read the microwave...
View ArticleDark Side of the Universe
The universe is astonishing in multiple ways, and one of its most probative features is the existence of its dark side: dark matter, interacting only via gravity, dark energy, the mysterious so-called...
View ArticleMultiverse: Where Do We Go from Here? (Part 2)
The stunning realization that there may be multiple universes has progressed from speculative metaphysics (or science fiction) to serious theoretical cosmology to data-rich observational cosmology to...
View ArticleWhat Happens in Black Holes?
Black holes are the most incredible form of mass-energy in the universe, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape its relentless drawing power. Huge black holes sit in the...
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