http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have discovered large galaxies some two thirds of the way back in time to the big bang. This surprising find casts doubt on theories of how the biggest galaxies form. http://www.physorg.com/news157910471.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:01:40 EST news157910471 `General relativity doesn`t recognize quantum physics,` Martin Bojowald tells PhysOrg.com. And that, he insists, causes problems when it comes to understanding the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang: `You get to a point where you derive all these infinite values and classical physics stop making sense.` http://www.physorg.com/news132570663.html Physics Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:11:03 EST news132570663 (PhysOrg.com) -- Fundamental research in cosmology continues to disclose ever more mysteries of the first millennia of the universe. More detailed knowledge will be delivered by the recently launched Planck Satellite which will measure the microwave background - the so-called echo of the Big Bang. How can we expose the broader public to the complex physics of the early universe? In the "International Year of Astronomy" (2009) the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA, Germany) tries an unusual experiment: a comic on the Internet about the physical processes that took place during the first 400,000 years after the Big Bang. http://www.physorg.com/news168698892.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:10:01 EST news168698892 Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its characteristic hydrogen signature at 787 million years post Big Bang. The finding is the first age-confirmation of a so-called dropout galaxy at that distant time and pinpoints when an era called the reionization epoch likely began. The research will be published in a December issue of the Astrophysical Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news176737523.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:46:08 EST news176737523 Will the universe expand outward for all of eternity and end in a vast, dark, cold, sterile, diffuse nothingness? Or will the `Big Bang` - the gargantuan explosion that formed the universe 14 billion years ago - end in the `Big Crunch?` Planets, stars and galaxies all hurtle inward and collapse into an incredibly hot, dense mass a billion times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. And then … KA-BOOOOM!!! Another Big Bang and another universe forms and hurtles outward, eventually leading to new iterations of the Sun, the Earth, and you? http://www.physorg.com/news169481109.html Physics Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:00:02 EST news169481109 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite rocketed into Earth orbit on Nov. 18, 1989, and quickly revolutionized our understanding of the early cosmos. Developed and built at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., COBE precisely measured and mapped the oldest light in the universe -- the cosmic microwave background. http://www.physorg.com/news177700984.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:50:13 EST news177700984 Austria is pulling out of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), Science Minister Johannes Hahn announced Thursday, citing budget concerns. http://www.physorg.com/news160924325.html Physics Thu, 07 May 2009 14:13:01 EST news160924325 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Big Bang is widely considered to have obliterated any trace of what came before. Now, astrophysicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) think that their new theoretical interpretation of an imprint from the earliest stages of the universe may also shed light on what came before. http://www.physorg.com/news148658100.html Physics Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:55:00 EST news148658100 New analytical tools coming on line at the Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's state-of-the-art neutron science facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, include a beam line dedicated to nuclear physics studies. http://www.physorg.com/news142775634.html Physics Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:53:54 EST news142775634 (PhysOrg.com) -- The last tests of the Ariane 5 rocket system have been finished and ESA's Planck satellite is sitting ready for launch at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou. Together with ESA's space telescope Herschel, Planck will lift off into space on 14 May to begin its studies of the cosmic microwave radiation and of the clues it gives about the Big Bang, the earliest phases of the cosmic history, and the structure and composition of the Universe. The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) in Garching has developed important software components for Planck and is getting ready to participate in the analysis and scientific interpretation of the mission data. http://www.physorg.com/news161272207.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 14:51:14 EST news161272207 As the world waits for the start of the biggest physics experiment ever undertaken, the Institute of Physics (IOP)`s Chief Executive has taken a punt on three hot tips for what will happen after switch-on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN today. http://www.physorg.com/news140189373.html Physics Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:29:33 EST news140189373 (PhysOrg.com) -- The stars are in motion, and on a much larger scale than can be explained with current theories, according to astronomers at NASA, the University of Hawaii and UC Davis. The finding could improve our understanding of events in the first moments after the birth of the universe. http://www.physorg.com/news141489744.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:42:24 EST news141489744 (PhysOrg.com) -- Back in 2006, PAMELA (a Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) was launched with the purpose of detecting cosmic radiation and looking for clues pointing to dark matter. And now it's possible that PAMELA might have already spotted dark matter. http://www.physorg.com/news170436249.html Physics Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:24:43 EST news170436249 Until very recently, asking what happened at or before the Big Bang was considered by physicists to be a religious question. General relativity theory just doesn`t go there - at T=0, it spews out zeros, infinities, and errors - and so the question didn`t make sense from a scientific view. http://www.physorg.com/news126955971.html Physics Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:32:51 EST news126955971 (PhysOrg.com) -- The fight over the new education and curriculum standards for the public schools in Texas has been long and publicized. Most of the publicity, though, focuses on the school board's focus on "intelligent design" as it relates to the biological question of evolution. Because evolution has long been contested in public schools, it is no real surprise that this has gotten the most play from the media. But one thing that hasn't been mentioned as much is the fact that the Texas school standards also remove mention of the age of the universe. Long-standing ideas of cosmology are being challenged as well. http://www.physorg.com/news158320278.html Other Sciences Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:51:42 EST news158320278