Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. An illustration of the cosmic radiation background at various redshifts ...
So much happened in the earliest moments of the universe. Elementary particles appeared, the first nuclei of hydrogen and helium, and fluctuations of energy and matter set into motion the formation of ...
There are a lot of things that generate an observable signal in the Universe. Astronomically, the primary way we search for those signals is through some form of light. Either the physical phenomenon ...
The largest collaborative undertaking yet to explore the relic light emitted by the infant universe has taken a step forward with the selection of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to lead the U.S ...
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation originated about 300,000 years after the Big Bang. The CMB's light, initially near-infrared, is now microwave radiation due to the universe's expansion.
The Cosmic Microwave Background was created as the first atoms formed hundreds of thousands of years after the Big Bang, and it retains information about the formation of the Universe. Discovering it ...
Cosmic microwave background is the oldest light in the universe. Cosmic microwave background is the oldest light in the universe. It was set free when the universe was a mere 380,000 years old and ...
Planets that are twice as far away as Earth appear 16 times dimmer since the intensity of sunlight weakens by a factor of four going out and by another four times coming back. If Planet 9 is at an ...
Burke, B. F. rep. Thirteenth Intern. Astro. Union Gen. Ass., Prague (1967). Salomonovich, A. E., Stankevich, K. S., and Puzhano, V. rep. Thirteenth Intern. Astro ...
(Image: Stephan's Quintet, also known as the Hickson Compact Group 92, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Stephan's Quintet is a group of five galaxies, but group member NGC 7320, at upper right, is ...