If the Universe Formed from Nothing, Who Created the Nothing?
It’s a well known saying: “Nothing comes from nothing.” If we now put this into a galactic context, an exciting question arises: How could the universe literally come into being from nothing? For our terrestrial lives, something can only be formed if components exist to build it. But where did the material come from that made the hour of birth … Continue reading
Universe May Start Shrinking ‘Remarkably’ Fast, Collapsing in ‘Big Crunch’ – Study
“The process could happen “remarkably” quickly, the authors claim…” by Svetlana Ekimenko via sputniknews Image credit: NASA Researchers discovered the accelerated expansion of the universe in 1998, as two independent projects, the Supernova Cosmology Project and the High-Z Supernova Search Team, used distant supernovae – stellar explosions briefly shining as brightly as 10 billion suns – to measure the process. … Continue reading
‘Life’ in the Universe is Common Based on Ancient Fossil Microorganisms
A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common. The microorganisms, from Western Australia, are 3.465 billion years old. Scientists from UCLA and the University of Wisconsin–Madison report today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that two of the species … Continue reading
Carl Sagan on How Humanity Would Transform if Aliens Contacted Earth
FIRST CONTACT If mankind were contacted by an alien race, how would the world react? How would people change? In his novel, Contact, the late, great astronomer Carl Sagan explores this fascinating question. I recently had the pleasure of reading Contact, and one of the aspects I most admired about it was Dr. Sagan’s humble suggestion that communication with an alien race … Continue reading
The 2 Most Dangerous Numbers In The Universe Are Threatening The End of Physics
CERN has announced that the LHCb experiment had revealed the existence of two new baryon subatomic particles. A deeply disturbing and controversial line of thinking has emerged within the physics community. It’s the idea that we are reaching the absolute limit of what we can understand about the world around us through science. “The next few years may tell us … Continue reading
Parallel Universes and the Déjà Vu phenomenon may be mysteriously connected
Most of us have had, at least once in our lifetime a ‘déjà vu’ experience, that mysterious feeling where time seems to pass by in slow-motion, where you perceive information in such a way as if you had already experienced the current situation sometime in the distant past. Ranging from paranormal disturbances and neurological disorders, researchers have been trying to … Continue reading