{"id":2,"date":"2011-01-13T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:02:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cosmologyscience.com\/cosblog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the News and Discussion part of CosmologyScience.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CosmologyScience.com is the Best Cosmology Blog due to its unbiased high-quality content, expertise in the field and unique presentation of both sides of the Big Bang debate.<\/p>\n

Cosmology Dynamics DeMystified<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This website helps demystify <\/b>Cosmology principles<\/a>, news and jargon<\/a> by explaining the concepts as clearly and meaningfully as possible – without sacrificing any scientific accuracy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t been able to clearly understand Cosmology principles so far – its not your fault. <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After studying hundreds of cosmology books and countless articles, it is my considered opinion that most cosmology is written in gratuitously<\/a> (needlessly) opaque or obscure language, typically disguised with mathematics; by academics trying to impress or intimidate other academics. <\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s pretty much the exact opposite of a recipe for helping <\/strong>others understand. It would be entirely reasonable to imagine that at least some of that\u00a0<\/strong>was intentional.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The resources here can help you understand how to distinguish between genuine science knowledge — from ideas that are not<\/span> based on experimentally derived observations, which is useful because there are more than a few science-fiction ideas<\/strong> in cosmology masquerading as fact<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You might even find some ideas that get you to stop and think.<\/p>\n

“the hallmark of scientific behaviour is a certain scepticism even towards one’s most cherished theories. Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.<\/a><\/strong>” – Imre Lakatos, Leading Philosopher of Science<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No Math Needed<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The articles here are written for a Scientific American reading level. Most math is removed, any math remaining you can safely ignore. Nor will you get slowed down by phrases such as “Newton’s 3rd law<\/a><\/strong>.” Instead you should always find explanations in plain English<\/a><\/strong>; as in this case “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

For further research you can find abundant links here with references to the best available cosmology and astrophysics science.<\/p>\n

No AI Either – as in Zero, Zilch, Nada.<\/p>\n

Astrophysics Avalanche<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

No person with a real life could keep up with every week’s avalanche of new astrophysics papers. (Although Louis Marmet gives it a good go<\/a>).<\/p>\n

So I curate (and translate into plain English) what I believe are the most important papers for Cosmology, our small subset of astrophysics.<\/p>\n

If you learn of something I’ve overlooked – I welcome you to let me know. Thank you<\/p>\n

And Gosh Darn It, People Like This<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of a horse race, I am rather delighted to report that as of August 2015, this Cosmology blog passed Scientific American’s Cosmology Blog in popularity <\/strong>\u00a0!<\/p>\n

Indeed, it comes in reliably third (and first in Google, Yahoo, Bing<\/strong> and most other search engines) in a clean web search (no-cache, no-cookies) for “best Cosmology Blog<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Be my guest, go ahead, try it. (It also comes up reliably ahead of Cosmology Blogs by Discover Magazine, Kavli Institute, Stephen Hawking, Sean Carrol,<\/strong> Peter Woit, and Ned Wright. We’re Number One<\/strong> !!! That’s just too flipping cool !)<\/p>\n

Privacy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The website is free<\/strong>, has no popups or spam and we seriously protect your privacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We may soon slowly add relevant ads for high quality books and other things helpful to understanding and enjoying science-based cosmology, in part because it may help defray some expense of maintaining this website for you.<\/p>\n

If this sounds appealing, you can subscribe – currently for Free.<\/p>\n

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\nCopyright 2006-2018 David Dilworth — ScienceBasedCosmology.com<\/strong><\/center>Notes:<\/p>\n

1. The banner images are from Hubble Heritage: “NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI\/AURA).”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Headline banner’s leftmost image is the Blue Lagoon Nebulae<\/a><\/strong>,
\nthe middle image is Galaxy M66<\/a><\/strong>,
\nthe rightmost image is the Carina Nebulae<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. The colors, while lovely, are not quite natural. They are (beautifully) adjusted to dramatize the phenomena, typically by Hubble Heritage staff or volunteers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. I’m pleased to report that in August 2012 the article (“<\/strong>International Astronomical Union has no Definition for Big Bang<\/strong><\/a>“) reached its 75,000th reader<\/strong> (75,000 different IP addresses that were not bots or crawlers). As of January 2017, more than 20 articles on this\u00a0site have been seen by more than 5,000 distinct readers.<\/strong> Maybe that’s why a web search for “best cosmology blogs<\/strong>” this one shows up reliably ahead of Scientific American !<\/p>\n

Amusingly, sometime April, 2015 the not-exactly-a-cosmology-article “Stars or Sand? Are there more Grains of Beach Sand or Stars in our Visible Universe<\/a><\/strong>?” had its 100,000th reader<\/strong> ! What a nice landmark. (Only a couple of months later, as of Sept 2015, the article rapidly increasing in popularity, now has over 200,000 reads\/views !<\/strong> That’s just too cool.) Similarly, a web search for “what is an electron made of<\/strong>” the microphysics article “Electron No Longer a Fundamental Particle ?<\/a><\/strong>” shows up above the Wikipedia article on Electrons<\/strong> and most of the physics blogs !<\/p>\n

More satisfying for me is the groundbreaking expose “Cosmic Microwave Radiation Surprise<\/a>” article has had more than 10,000 readers. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This website itself now attracts well over 20,000 page views per month.<\/p>\n

4. I realize a few scientists in other fields may consider demystification a threat to their field —<\/p>\n

“Demystification is often treated as catastrophic undermining.<\/strong>” -Simon Schaffer, How To Think About Science – regarding “The Science Wars<\/a>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However cosmology seems to have much nicer characters. I have yet to hear a “discouraging word<\/a>.” To the contrary, I’ve had lots of encouragement – both inside and outside the field.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your interest and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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