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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
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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Dark Matter Fizzles Again
Dear Editor, Reference: “Dark Matter Comes and Goes at April Meeting” – American Physical Society APS News. June 2013, Vol 22, #6, Pgs 1 & 7. This article is a summary regarding Dark Matter at the American Physical Society April … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Dark, Dark Matter, UnObserved
Tagged Dark Matter, Galactic Rotation, Physics Today, Rotating Disk Galaxies, unobserved
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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
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
Posted in Basic Science, Particles
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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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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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.
Electron No Longer a Fundamental Particle ?
Amazing news: Researchers in Switzerland have separated an Electron into two smaller quasi-particles – a “Spinon” and an “Orbiton;” meaning they have physically separated the spin and the orbit properties of an Electron. Until now, standard physics generally accepted that … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Particles
Tagged Electron, Fundamental particle, Holon, Matthew Fisher, Orbitron, Spinon, strontium cuprate, Thorsten Schmitt
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“Perfect” Light Speed available with miniscule adjustment to the Second or the Meter Definition
Currently the speed of light in a vacuum is just a hair under 300,000 kilometers per second (more precisely 299,792,458 kps). “In 1983, the metre was redefined in the International System of Units (SI) as the distance travelled by light … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Definitions
Tagged General Conference on Weights and Measures, speed of light, Standard Units of measure
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Must Faster-than Light Neutrinos Cause Cerenkov Radiation?
A recent criticism of the apparently Faster-than-light (FTL) Neutrinos inspiring a lot of discussion is the claim that if Neutrinos are going FTL – they must cause Cherenkov radiation. Why? That doesn’t make sense. And its never been observed so … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Particles
Tagged Cherenkov Radiation, Electron, Matt Strassler, Neutrinos, OPERA
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Can Dark Money Theory Explain World Economic Crisis? (spoof)
Here’s a fun article comparing the claims that 96% of the Universe (matter and energy) is missing according to Big Bang conjecture and that 96% of the world’s cash that is missing due to derivatives.
Posted in Basic Science, Dark, Dark Matter, UnObserved
Tagged Big Bang, Dark Matter, Dark Money, Universe
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Not Sure about Uncertainty ;-)
I’m Not Sure about the Uncertainty Principle (c) Copyright 2011-2017 David Dilworth It is difficult to test the flavor of an apple without biting it or taking some sample out of it. You or I can test or measure its … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Particles
Tagged Destructive Testing, Seeing Underwater, SONAR, Uncertainty Principle
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Faster than Light Concern – Detecting Only 1 Neutrino per Hour
Regarding the potentially Faster than light Neutrinos, it is vital to realize that only about one (1) Neutrino is detected by Italy’s OPERA every hour; that’s one Neutrino per hour. Compare that to how every square centimeter on Earth (facing … Continue reading
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Tagged CERN, Faster than light, Italy, Neutrinos, o, SPS, Super Proton Synchrotron
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Stars or Sand? Are there more Grains of Beach Sand or Stars in our Visible Universe?
This began as a simple question, but it has intrigued enough people that I decided to feature it as an article and expand it so we can have some fun. _____________Carol Charming: “I have heard people say that there are … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Science, Education, Fun
Tagged Carmel Bays, Carmel Beach, Estimating, orders of magnitude, Sand, Scientific Wild Ass Guess, sextillion, Stars, Universe
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