SCIENCE
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Ask Ethan: Why is the Big Bang shown as a tube? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
The modern cosmic picture of our universe’s history begins not with a singularity that we identify with the Big Bang,…
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Time: yes, it’s a dimension, but no, it’s not like space | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
Different observers will mark different times and different spatial locations as far as the occurrence of events is concerned. However,…
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The 3 best locations for astronomy on planet Earth | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
The Milky Way and planet Jupiter shine brilliantly in this photo from the top of Mauna Kea. The yellow glow…
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Ask Ethan: Do evolution and natural selection occur cosmically? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
The Flame Nebula, shown here in a combination of X-ray data (from Chandra) and infrared light (from Spitzer), showcases a…
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Infinite Cosmos: The inside story behind JWST | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
The cover of Infinite Cosmos: Visions from the James Webb Space Telescope, is the first National Geographic book about JWST.…
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Starts With A Bang podcast #110 — Optical Interferometry | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
This image shows the first of ten relocatable 1.4 meter telescopes arranged in a Y, or three-pronged, configuration. Telescopes can…
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How to see the comet of the century from all over the world | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
The ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope, shown here under construction in Chile, sports Jupiter and Mars rising in the pre-dawn skies,…
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Ask Ethan: Is Earth the center of the Universe? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
A region of space devoid of matter in our galaxy reveals the Universe beyond, where every point visible here is…
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Your head lives a longer life than your feet do | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
Both space and time coordinates are needed to describe an object in our Universe. Your location in this Universe isn’t…
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JWST shows a new side of planet formation | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Sep, 2024
This side-by-side view shows the extended emission regions around the protostar L1527, one of the closest and youngest protostellar systems…
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