Category Archives: astrophysics

I recently came across another physicist in Sean Carroll’s Cosmic Variance blog network, who’s involved in galaxy formation, some cosmology and dark matter/energy contributions to dynamics of both large scale systems. Dr Risa Wechsler; a Stanford University Professor of Physics, … Continue reading →

Get a sneak peek at the multiverseI just want to say that Brian Greene puts out some great science media along with his books and I’ll certainly take a gander at this one when it comes on. It seems that … Continue reading →

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/08/hearing-sound-in-outer-space/Physicist-Philosopher Jana Levin of Barnard College relates how we cannot hear ‘sound waves’ in space (because sound waves cannot travel in space), yet we can pick up how space responds to its internal phenomena one example being Black Holes.http://cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2011/09/07/natpkg-orig-ted-space-jana-levin.cnn

Margaret Geller is a pioneer in the mapping of the universe. Some of her many research activities have included the deciphering of the patterns and structures of the Milky Way galaxy as well as mapping the distribution of galactic structures … Continue reading →