SCIENCE

Ask Ethan: Could evolving dark energy lead to a Big Crunch? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size The far distant fates of the Universe offer a number…

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Groupthink in science isn’t a problem; it’s a myth | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size The Solar System formed from a cloud of gas, which…

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Where does the expanding Universe begin? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This large-field, 2014-era composite Hubble image of the colliding galaxy…

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Ask Ethan: Why couldn’t the Universe have expanded forever? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size There is a large suite of scientific evidence that supports…

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Red dwarfs aren’t uninhabitable; we’re just impatient | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This graphic compares a Sun-like star with a red dwarf,…

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Ask Ethan: Is the Hubble tension the same thing as dark energy? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This slice of the DESI data maps celestial objects from…

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The true cost of “solar power at night” with Reflect Orbital | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size A new proposal by US-based startup Reflect Orbital seeks to…

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Starts With A Bang podcast #122 — Galaxy evolution and JWST | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

This image shows a tiny sliver of the COSMOS-Web survey, with galaxies at a variety of distances along with a…

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400 years later, astronomers finally understand Saturn’s rings | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size Despite the common idea that Saturn’s rings have been with…

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COSMOS-Web unveils JWST’s newest gravitational lenses | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size The COSMOS-Web survey, the largest cycle 1 General Observers JWST…

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