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Prof. Stephen Hawking tells students the universe does not need a God to exist
Former Cambridge Professor Stephen Hawking told students at Caltech this week that, contrary to the feelings of many God enthusiasts, the universe did not require a deity to create, nor does it require one to continue existing. Though his speech was supposed to be free of recording devices, some…
Infant Universe had massive ‘star factory’ galaxy churning out 3,000 stars per year
Light captured from when the Universe was still in its childhood has shown a massive galaxy that churned out nearly 3,000 stars per year, a rate 2,000 greater than our own Milky Way today, astronomers said on Wednesday. The galaxy, called HFLS3, has a mass of stars nearly 40 billion times the mass…
Days numbered for Herschel space telescope
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Scientists reveal first results in hotly anticipated dark matter experiment
A massive science instrument that is spinning the globe aboard the International Space Station has provided its first glimpse of what may be mysterious dark matter in the universe, experts said Wednesday. The first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, the most sensitive particle physics…
Hollow fiber optic cable tops 73Tbps, promises near-light speeds
Researchers hailing from England's University of Southampton claim to have discovered a method for transferring data nearly as fast as the Universe allows — 99.7 percent the speed of light. Their secret? A flexible fiber optic cable with a vacuously hollow interior. The feat promises speeds greater than 73 terabits… … Read More
Planck spacecraft’s map of ‘almost perfect’ universe could point to new physics
Today is a great day. The European Space Agency has released the most precise map so far of the oldest light in the universe. The best news is that is reveals an ‘almost perfect universe‘. By that they mean it almost conforms to expectations – but not quite. While the basic ‘big…
