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- New Galaxy Redshift Distance Record (z=11) Seriously Threatens Big Bang models
- Gigantic Voids are Expanding and Shrinking
- Is the search for “Dark Matter” over ? Gigantic amounts of missing matter found hiding as faint Red Dwarf stars.
- Accelerating Universe ? — Not so Fast*
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Forty Thousand Fortnights in our Simmering Universe
A Cosmology Ballad — (c) Copyright 2022 David Dilworth For Forty Thousand Fortnights, Ptolemy ruled the skies, with his Earth centered-universe, ere its overdue demise. Well, 500 years hereafter, I’m embarrassed to confess, Cosmology still grasps mirages, for another goofy … Continue reading
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Finally Restored – CosmologyScience was Hacked and then Hijacked
Let me apologize for the long hiatus since you’ve been able to use this website’s tools and references. We had hosted this site on Godaddy, but their system was down so regularly I was getting ready to move it. Then Godaddy … Continue reading
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Top Ten Big Bang Myths: Talk for NZ Dunedin Astronomical Society
I’m invited to give my talk “Top Ten Big Bang Myths” for New Zealand’s Dunedin Astronomical Society founded in 1910. This is the newest version of the talk I gave at MIRA and Perth. Media Release: Dunedin NZ, Feb 4, … Continue reading
Top Ten Big Bang Myths: Talk for Astronomical Society of Western Australia
I’m invited to give my talk “Top Ten Big Bang Myths” for the Astronomical Society of Western Australia. This is the newer version of the talk I gave at MIRA. Cotteslo, WA, Nov. 7, 2018: Astronomical Society of Western Australia (ASWA) … Continue reading
MIRA Hosts Cosmology Talk: Top Ten Big Bang Myths
Here’s the notice of my next Cosmology talk, to which you are invited — Top Ten Big Bang Myths Monterey’s Institute for Research in Astronomy Club is hosting a free talk – Top Ten Big Bang Myths on August 2, … Continue reading
New Galaxy Redshift Distance Record (z=11) Seriously Threatens Big Bang models
A new record distance to a huge galaxy named GN-z11 has been observed and measured. It is dramatically farther than the previous distance holder. The constantly amazing Hubble Space telescope measured its distance spectroscopically at a Spectral line Redshift of … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Basic Astrophysics, Big Bang Models, Distance Measuring, Dynamics, News, Observations Change Ideas, Redshift, Spectral Line, Research, Universe Age
Tagged Big Bang, Decoupling Era, earliest galaxy, Galaxy distance record, galaxy formation, GN-z11, Hubble Space Telescope, Measuring Distances, redshift record, star formation, Yale University
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Gigantic Voids are Expanding and Shrinking
Very few researchers are studying our Universe’s largest structures, but here’s a nice analysis of Voids, some of the largest structures “we’ve” found so far. Voids are nearly spherical regions of our universe with few galaxies. They can be described … Continue reading
Is the search for “Dark Matter” over ? Gigantic amounts of missing matter found hiding as faint Red Dwarf stars.
Yes. The search for “Dark Matter” is over. Its been found thanks to the Dokkum and Conroy team. We can all go celebrate, and then get back to work. And it was staring us right in the face all along … Continue reading
Accelerating Universe ? — Not so Fast*
Maybe the rush to embrace an Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy was a bit too hasty. New analysis shows that the rulers used to measure Supernova 1A brightness curves were unknowingly measuring two different types of Supernova 1As (1) with … Continue reading
Book Review: “The Higgs Fake: How Particle Physicists Fooled the Nobel Committee”
I’m painfully aware of abundant serious problems in physics of the largest phenomena, meaning “Standard” Cosmology-astrophysics (Big Bang/LCDM). Those include definitional and procedural problems, along with fundamental substantive errors and logical flaws likely created and nurtured by serious cognitive biases. … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Book Review, Conjectures OverInterpreting Data, Education, Models, Particles, Philosophy
Tagged Alexander Unzicker, Book Review, CERN, Credibility, Higgs Boson, Higgs Fake, Higgs mechanism, Particle physics, Particle physics problems, Physics Secret, Scientific American, Standard mode
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Do you need any Math Expertise to understand Cosmology Physics Principles ?
“Mathematics, a veritable sorcerer in our computerized society, while assisting the trier of fact in the search for truth, must not cast a spell over him.” – California Supreme Court ruling in overturning a criminal conviction based entirely on fraudulent use … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Dynamics, Math, Philosophy
Tagged incompleteness theorem, Innumeracy, language, Mathematics, Michael Faraday, Priesthood, Prof Feynman, vehicle dynamics
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New Cosmology Book: “Relational Mechanics and Implementation of Mach’s Principle with Weber’s Gravitational Force”
The perpetually fascinating Andre Assis has just published a new cosmology book entitled — “Relational Mechanics and Implementation of Mach’s Principle with Weber’s Gravitational Force” by Apeiron, Montreal, 2014. (542 pages, 26 Chapters, 3 Appendices, 340 figures and 595 references.) … Continue reading
Stunning Finding Supports Static Universe: 11 billion years ago we had same Ratio of Old (red) to New (blue) Galaxies
A research team led by Bomee Lee of University of Massachusetts reported that ~11 billion years ago large galaxies had the same ratio of young (blue) to old (red) galaxies. Galaxies can be objectively divided into two types: Blue means … Continue reading
Closing in on Higgs Boson Certainty, But “Standard Model Higgs” Remains Distant
A Higgs Boson? – Likely “The preliminary results with the full 2012 data set are magnificent and to me it is clear that we are dealing with a Higgs boson though we still have a long way to go to … Continue reading
Complex Computer Programs Weaken COBE Cosmic Microwave “Background” Claim
Oxymoron: “Bug-Free Software” The $500 million dollar European satellite carrying Ariane-5 rocket blew up 37 seconds into its first launch – because of a one line software bug. The $1.4 billion US Air Force B-2 bomber wouldn’t fly on its … Continue reading
Key Cosmology Experiments: Original Papers-Full Text. Part 1
One hundred years ago this Spring, the first article on galaxy Spectral-line Redshifts was published by Vesto Slipher which dramatically changed cosmology. However, few have ever read this original paper, or the several other articles and books considered cosmology landmarks … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Astrophysics, Basic Science, Conjectures OverInterpreting Data, Cosmic Microwave Radiation, Dark Matter, Experiments, Models, Observations Change Ideas, Redshift, Spectral Line, Structure
Tagged Analysis, Cosmic Microwave Radiation, Galaxy Radial Velocity, Galaxy Rotation Curves Interpreted as Missing Mass and Dark Matter, Large-scale Structure, Large-scale Structure - Walls, Nucleosysnthesis, Observational, Olbers Paradox, Plasma Cosmology, Quasi-Steady State model, Sheets and Filaments, Space Curvature, Spectral Line Redshift, Steady State model, Universe Expansion, Voids, Whole Sky Map
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Why Don’t Three Quarks Add Up to One Proton? (and its not even close)
You’ve probably heard a thousand times that a Proton is made up of three Quarks: Two Up-Quarks and one Down-Quark. Right? So lets just take a quick look to see how they add up. OK – an Up Quark weighs … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Education, Fun, Particles
Tagged Adrian Cho, CERN, DESY, Particle Standard Model, Prof Strassler, Quark
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“We don’t know if its a Higgs boson” – yet Theorists rush to claim new physics ground
“There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.” – Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (1) Q: What’s the difference between a religious fanatic and an extreme … Continue reading
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Tagged Gold Rush Prospectors, Higgs, Higgs Rush, Hugs Bison, Mark Twain, New Particle
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Did CERN Find a Higgs ? Well not quite. But they probably found a New Particle ! and extended their funding for years
You might have seen the New York Times Headline on July 4th “Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe” “I think we have it” said Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the director general of CERN. While CERN’s spokespeople were reasonably tentative … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Particles
Tagged ATLAS, CERN, CMS, decays, Higgs, Higgs Boson, Higgs-like, Joe Incandela, New Particle, Standard Model, ZZ decay, ZZ Top
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Will a Higgs Boson Discovery be Announced in July?
Today I ran across lots of excited rumors on Particle Physics websites that a Higgs boson might be announced at the upcoming International Conference on High Energy Physics in Australia. (The Higgs Boson is a never-observed particle that allegedly “give … Continue reading
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Tagged Higgs Field, Matt Strassler, Particle physics
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Good Fun: For Two Years an Article here Voted One of Best Science Articles of the Year
For the second year in a row an article from this CosmologyScience.com website was voted one of the best science blog articles of the year at 3-Quarks Daily. This is thanks to friends, colleagues and you readers. This year articles … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Literature, Big Bang, International Astronomical Union, Scientific American
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CERN’s Neutrinos – Now Obeying Speed Limit
Its official – no “Faster than Light” Neutrinos at CERN. CERN (not OPERA) Research Director Sergio Bertolucci announced yesterday at a Japanese conference that they have re-run the Neutrino experiments on four different machines and all neutrinos seem to be … Continue reading
Cosmic Microwave Radiation Surprise
(c) Copyright 2012 David Dilworth What gives more detailed images (higher resolution) – an iPhone or the COBE satellite camera used to propel Big Bang into the leading Cosmology concept? News Flash: (June 17, 2012) This article was just voted … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Astrophysics, Basic Science, Big Bang Models, Cosmic Microwave Radiation, Definitions, Education, Fun
Tagged angular resolution, Big Bang, CMBR, COBE, Cosmic Microwave Foreground, foreground microwave radiation, Hubble ultra-deep field, iphone, NASA, PLANCK, poor angular resolution, sensor sensitivity, subtracting foreground microwaves, WMAP
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Dark Matter Missing in Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies – after thorough searches
Gigantic pillars of Big Bang are creaking and starting to collapse like colossal dominoes. These are tumultuous times in Cosmology. The voice you hear getting louder is Brünnhilde practicing Götterdämmerung in describing the fruitless and essentially completed search for a … Continue reading
Your Cosmology Hypotheses Invited
This is an invitation for you to submit your own Cosmology hypotheses for publication on this website. You should get thoughtful responses from the several thousand readers of this website.