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For all we know, the cosmos could truly be infinite in scale. But the observable part of our Universe? It's finite, and its size is known.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

The LIGO facilities in the U.S. are the most sensitive gravitational wave detectors in the world. Their future remains uncertain.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

We used to think the Big Bang started it all. Then we realized that something else came before it, erasing everything that existed prior.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

At "only" 25 meters in diameter, the Giant Magellan Telescope is the smallest of three current projects. That might make all theContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Using the newest large-scale structure data, a team of researchers announced a huge cosmic anisotropy in Nature. Too bad it's wrong.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Over 800,000 fireworks explode in under and hour in the world's largest fireworks shows. How do natural auroral displays compare in energy?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

65 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, causing a mass extinction. Without advance warning, could anyone have spotted it?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

With ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way and 6-20 trillion galaxies overall, that makes for a lot of stars. But not as many as you'd think.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

The first one, NGC 1052-DF2, was mired in controversy. With four examples now, there only remains one possible escape. What does natureContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

Over 10 billion years in the past, an ultra-massive galaxy cluster lenses objects behind it. That has big implications for dark matter.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »