Astrophysics (3)

Dark Matter and the Totalitarian Principle

The basic problems with Dark Matter that cosmologists are trying to solve revolve around the fact that the combined gravitational forces of the all the detectable matter in the Universe are not sufficient to prevent the expansion of the Universe from accelerating to beyond the…

What is going on with Betelgeuse?

There’s been a lot of media chatter recently about a giant star’s imminent death. Unfortunately, the rumours of an impending supernova burning across our skies are grossly exaggerated. But, if we haven’t all got prime seats for the century’s largest light and sound show, what’s…

The Big Bang

The Big Bang Theory!

Say that you are a mad scientist with an enormous God complex, and you want your next creation to be another universe that mimics our current one. How would you go about doing that? According to the Big Bang theory, you would have to start…