Category Archives: Experiments

New Cosmology Book: “Relational Mechanics and Implementation of Mach’s Principle with Weber’s Gravitational Force”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by David

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 →

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Stunning Finding Supports Static Universe: 11 billion years ago we had same Ratio of Old (red) to New (blue) Galaxies

Posted on August 17, 2013 by David

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 →

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The Universe’s children: Born as lively teenagers and older than their parents!

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Louis Marmet

(c) Copyright 2013 Louis MarmetThe WMAP estimate of the age of the Universe, 13.77 ± 0.06 Gyr (billion years), is challenged once again by two recent publications. The study of a nearby star shows that it is older than the … Continue reading →

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Closing in on Higgs Boson Certainty, But “Standard Model Higgs” Remains Distant

Posted on March 15, 2013 by David

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 →

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Complex Computer Programs Weaken COBE Cosmic Microwave “Background” Claim

Posted on March 2, 2013 by David

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 →

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Key Cosmology Experiments: Original Papers-Full Text. Part 1

Posted on February 16, 2013 by David

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 →

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CERN’s Neutrinos – Now Obeying Speed Limit

Posted on June 9, 2012 by David

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 →

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Observation of two early yet mature galaxies: Rare objects or is Big Bang model inaccurate?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Louis Marmet

Observation of two early yet mature galaxies: Rare objects or is Big Bang model inaccurate? (c) Copyright 2011 Louis Marmet News Flash: (June 12, 2012) This article was just nominated as one of the best science blog articles of the … Continue reading →

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Landmark: Neutrinos Seem to Break Light Speed Limit – Superluminal Motion Found in 2nd Experiment

Posted on September 22, 2011 by David

  Update: Added Glossary and Links to: the original paper, video talk, OPERA website; and step by step explanation of experiment details. While working on another problem, a team of physics researchers at CERN and the Gran Sasso Laboratory in … Continue reading →

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Elusive Dark Matter Idea Evaporating

Posted on September 7, 2011 by David

NewScientist reports that “NASA’s FERMI satellite has confirmed a previous hint that there is more antimatter than expected coming from space. The bad news is that the result strongly almost certainly rules out Dark Matter as the source.”

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HyperBaseline Telescopes – NanoArcSecond Resolution

Posted on July 1, 2011 by David

HyperBaseline Telescopes (c) Copyright 2011 David j Dilworth Imagine resolving details of nearby stars and their planets. Sub-nano-arc second resolution should be possible with this proposal for a telescope that is composed of a set of three sets of two … Continue reading →

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